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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Albacore (Tuna; Thunnus alalunga)

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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code		FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS 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






AlbacoreFDA-SL Market Name: Tuna
FDA-SL Common Name: Albacore
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Thunnus alalunga
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: al
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: thunalal		Vernac. 1) Germon
Vernac. 2) Longfinned Tuna
Vernac. 3) Albecor
Vernac. 4) T. Germo





AFS Common Name: Albacore
AFS Sci. Name: Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.		FAO Sci. Name: Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
FAO Species Code: SCOMBR Thun 1
FAO Common English: Albacore
FAO Common French: Germon
FAO Common Spanish: Atún blanco		FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Scomber alalunga Bonnaterre, 1788;
Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, Ichthyologie:139 (Sardinia)

FAO Synonyms: Scomber alatunga - Gmelin, 1789;
Scomber germo Lacepède, 1800;
Orcynus germon - Cuvier, 1817;
Orcynus alalonga - Risso, 1826;
Thynnus alalonga - Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831;
Thynnus pacificus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831;
Orcynus alatunga - Gill, 1862;
Thunnus alalonga - South, 1845;
Thunnus pacificus - South, 1845;
Orcynus pacificus Cooper, 1863;
Orcynus germo - Lütken, 1880;
Germo alalonga - Jordan 1888;
Albacora alalonga - Dresslar & Fesler, 1889;
Germo alalunga - Jordan & Evermann, 1896;
Thynnus alalunga - Clarke, 1900;
Germo germon - Fowler, 1905;
Germo germo - Jordan & Seale, 1906;
Thunnus alalunga - Jordan, Tanaka, & Snyder, 1913;
Thunnus germo - Kishinouye, 1923;
Germo germon steadi Whitley, 1933.

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageAlbacore
Thunnus alalunga
Tuna		A-P (20) Cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans including the Mediterranean Sea, extending north to 45° to 50 ° N and south to 30° to 40° S, but not at the surface between 10° N and 10° S.
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