Frigate tuna
Frigate tuna | |
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Auxis thazard (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: | Thunnini |
Genus: | Auxis |
Subspecies: | A. thazard thazard |
Trinomial name | |
Auxis thazard thazard (Lacepède, 1800) |
The frigate tuna or frigate mackerel, Auxis thazard thazard, is a subspecies of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans.
References
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- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Auxis thazard" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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