πYellowfin tuna
The yellowfin tuna is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 200 kg
- Body length
- 1.5 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 9 years
Everything we know about the Yellowfin tuna
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass200 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Body length1.5 mrecord 2.39 m Β· FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan9 yearsrecord 9 years Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level4.41FishBaseDetails βHide β
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails βHide β
From trophic level 4.41 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2β2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l200 LaverageDetails βHide β
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 Yellowfin tuna yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊorderPerciformes
- βΊfamilyScombridae
- βΊgenusThunnus
- βΊspeciesThunnus albacares
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- genusThunnus
All 10 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- genusThunnus
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