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RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS Common Name AFS Scientific Name AFS Other Names AFS Synonyms | FAO Scientific Name FAO Species Code FAO Common Name English FAO Common Name French FAO Common Name Spanish | FAO Synonyms |
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Yellowfin Tuna | FDA-SL Market Name: Tuna FDA-SL Common Name: Yellowfin Tuna FDA-SL Sci. Name: Thunnus albacares FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: yn FDA RFE 8 Letter code: thunalba | Vernac. 1) Ahi | AFS Common Name: Yellowfin Tuna AFS Sci. Name: Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. | FAO Sci. Name: Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) FAO Species Code: SCOMBR Thun 3 FAO Common English: Yellowfin tuna FAO Common French: Albacore FAO Common Spanish: Rabil | FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788; Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, Ichthyologie:140 (Jamaica). FAO Synonyms: Scomber albacorus Lacepède, 1800; Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831; Scomber sloanei Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831; Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839; Thynnus macropterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Thunnus argentivittatus - South, 1845; Orcynus subulatus Poey, 1875; Orcynus albacora - Poey, 1875, Orcynus macropterus - Kitahara, 1897; Germo macropterus - Jordan & Snyder, 1901; Thunnus macropterus - Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder, 1913; Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920; Germo argentivittatus - Nichols & Murphy, 1922; Germo allisoni - Nichols, 1923; Neothunnus macropters - Kishinouye, 1923; Neothunnus catalinae Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus albacora - Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus itosibi Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus albacores - Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus allisoni - Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Kishinoella zacalles Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Semathunnus guildi Fowler, 1933; Semathunnus itosibi - Fowler, 1933; Neothunnus argentivittatus - Beebe & Tee-Van, 1936; Germo albacora- Fowler, 1936; Thunnus albacora - Toronese, 1939; Germo itosibi - Smith, 1949; Neothunnus albacora brevipinna Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus albacora longipinna Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus macropterus macropterus - Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus macropterus itosibi - Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus brevipinna - Postel, 1950; Thunnus zacalles - Fraser-Brunner, 1950; Thunnus albacares - Ginsburg, 1953; Neothunnus albacares - Mather, 1954; Thunnus albacores - Le Danois, 1954; Neothunnus albacora macropterus - Schultz, 1960; Thunnus albacares macropterus - Jones & Silas, 1963a; Thunnus itosibi Jones & Silas, 1963a. |
Thumbnail | Seafood List (Common, Genus/Species, Market) | Occurence (AFS) | Occurence (FAO) |
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Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares Tuna | A-P | Worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas, but absent from the Mediterranean Sea. |
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