Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 214

Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 272 cm TL; 245 FL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 50-2743 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. It is found in temperate and cold seas, mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS. A sole record for Gabon: FB 1670521-2003 must be verified according to the known distribution of the species.