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Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948

Slender tuna
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Slender tuna
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found mainly off the east coast of the South Island (Ref. 9258). Small foreign longline catch (Ref. 9258). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 168, 45493.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Allothunnus: Greek, allos = other + Greek, thynnos = tunna (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 86942).   Subtropical; 10°S - 50°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 168)

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