ðSkipjack tuna
The skipjack tuna is a perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae, and is the only member of the genus Katsuwonus. It is a cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. Skipjack tuna can grow up to 1.1Â m in length, and is a very important species for fisheries.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 19 kg
- Body length
- 0.8 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Skipjack tuna
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass19 kgrecord 35 kg · FishBaseAnAgeDetails âHide â
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Body length0.8 mrecord 1.1 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails âHide â
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Maximum lifespan12 yearsrecord 12 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails âHide â
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level4.43FishBaseDetails âHide â
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails âHide â
From trophic level 4.43 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2â2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansreports of ciguatera poisoningFishBaseDetails âHide â
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Volume l19 LaverageDetails âHide â
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Skipjack tuna yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- âšphylumChordata
- âšorderPerciformes
- âšfamilyScombridae
- âšgenusKatsuwonus
- âšspeciesKatsuwonus pelamis
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- genusKatsuwonus
All 10 branches âFewer branches â
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- genusKatsuwonus
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