Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Fish › Mackerels, Tunas, and Bonitos

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Learn Atlantic Bluefin Tuna freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) krocco5314, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 46, February 44, March 50, April 94, May 58, June 28, July 25, August 26, September 31, October 33, November 43, December 42.
United States1,495
Texas520
Alaska302
North Carolina212
Canada211
New Brunswick91
Quebec76
Maine75
New York65
Massachusetts46

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes, and Allies · Scombriformes
FamilyMackerels, Tunas, and Bonitos · Scombridae
GenusBluefin and Yellowfin Tunas · Thunnus

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Atlantic Bluefin Tuna with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works