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SpeciesPerciformesScombridae
Fish

🐟Albacore

Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)

长鳍金枪鱼（学名：Thunnus alalunga）是鲭形目鲭科金枪鱼属的一种，因长度可达体长30%的长胸鳍而得名，生活在全球热带和温带海洋及地中海。长鳍金枪鱼为远洋性鱼类，会洄游，肉食性，主要猎物包括小鱼、乌贼和甲壳类。长鳍金枪鱼背部为深蓝色，腹部为银色，体长约为1.5米，重60公斤左右。同其他金枪鱼一样，其鱼鳍上半部分为深蓝色，下半部分为黄色。

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Also called
Tuna, Bonito, Aáhi Taria, Albacore Fish, Albacore tuna, Albacore Tuna, Bastard Albacore, Langvin Tuna, Long-fin Tunny, Long-finned Tuna, Longfin Tuna, Longfin Tunny
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
33 kg
Body length
1 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
13 years
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Everything we know about the Albacore

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
33 kgrecord 60 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1 mrecord 1.4 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
13 yearsrecord 9 years · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 2000000
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.3
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.3 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
33 Laverage
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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 Albacore yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyScombridae
  5. ›genusThunnus
  6. ›speciesThunnus alalunga
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. subclassNeopterygii
  3. orderAcanthomorphata
  4. genusThunnus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. genusThunnus
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In other languages
Thunnus alalunga (es), Thon blanc (fr), 长鳍金枪鱼 (zh), Weißer Thun (de), bacora (ca), valkotonnikala (fi) … and 23 more languages
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