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Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)

Kawakawa
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Hong Kong country information

Common names: Bonito, Eastern little tuna, Little tuna
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Wilson, K.D.P., 2003
Importance: commercial | Ref: Lam, K., A.W.Y. Leung, B. Morton and P. Hodgson, 2008
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from artificial reefs in Hoi Ha Wan (Ref. 119713). Also reported from a submarine cave in Conic Island. Caught using purse seines (Ref. 125576). The species was observed on 2 to 10 occasions during 400 dive surveys on artificial reefs (Ref. 119494). Common in summer (Ref. 12075). Also Ref. 128523.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Thonine orientale, Bacoreta oriental, Bonito, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Euthynnus: Greek, eu = good + Greek, thynnos = tunna (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 54439).   Tropical; 18°C - 29°C (Ref. 168); 35°N - 38°S, 19°E - 137°W (Ref. 54439)

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