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Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)

Pacific bluefin tuna
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India country information

Common names: Choora, Oriental bluefin-tuna, ചൂര
Occurrence: stray
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported in Ref. 45255; probably stray.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
National Database:

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Thunnus: Greek, thynnos = tunna (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 550 m (Ref. 58302).   Subtropical; 61°N - 52°S, 99°E - 70°W

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