Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 458 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-985 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Lofoten Islands off Norway to Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean and the southern part of the Black Sea. Reported from Mauritania. There is a subpopulation off South Africa. A sole record for Gabon: FB 1670526-2003 must be verified according to the known distribution of the species. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.