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Definition of Thunnus thynnus
1. Noun. Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics.
Group relationships: Genus Thunnus, Thunnus
Generic synonyms: Tuna, Tunny
Terms within: Bluefin, Bluefin Tuna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunnus Thynnus
Literary usage of Thunnus thynnus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"Tunny, Thunnus thynnus. (From Boulenger, Camb. Nat. Hist., vii, 1904, after Cuv.
et Val.). Mackerel-like fishes (see Wall-case 15, and p. 165). ..."
2. All about Hawaii (1916)
"The world renowned species of game fish—the giant mackerels—such as the leaping
tuna (thunnus thynnus) ; long-fin tuna (thunnus ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"... name is Germo macropterus, or Thunnus macropterus, if we place the long-finned
albacores in the same genus as the sunny or tuna (Thunnus thynnus). ..."
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