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53 relations: Atlantic bluefin tuna, Auxis, Barton Warren Evermann, Bonito, Butterfly kingfish, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Cybiosarda elegans, David Starr Jordan, Dogtooth tuna, Dorsal fin, Endotherm, Eocene, Euthynnus, Family (biology), Fish anatomy, Fish as food, Fish fin, Grammatorcynus, Holocene, Island mackerel, Landanichthys, Mackerel, Miocene, Neogene, Oligocene, Orcynopsis unicolor, Palaeothunnus, Paleocene, Paleogene, Pelvis, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Rastrelliger, Sarda (fish), Scomber, Scomberomorus, Scombrinae, Scombrini, Scombroid food poisoning, Skipjack tuna, Slender tuna, Spanish mackerel, Sphyraenodus, Subfamily, Taxonomy (biology), Thunnus, Tribe (biology), Tuna, Wahoo, Wetherellus, ..., World Wide Fund for Nature, Yellowfin tuna, Zoological Society of London. Expand index (3 more) »
Atlantic bluefin tuna
The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae.
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Auxis
Auxis is a genus of ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, and tribe Thunnini, also known as the tunas.
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Barton Warren Evermann
Barton Warren Evermann (October 24, 1853 – September 27, 1932) was an American ichthyologist.
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Bonito
Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned predatory fish in the family Scombridae – a family it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, and also the butterfly kingfish.
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Butterfly kingfish
The butterfly kingfish (Gasterochisma melampus) is an ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family which it shares with the tunas, mackerels, Spanish mackerels, and bonitos.
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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), was a nineteenth-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.
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Cybiosarda elegans
The leaping bonito (Cybiosarda elegans) is a species of saltwater finfish from the Scombridae (Mackerel) family.
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David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist.
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Dogtooth tuna
Gymnosarda unicolor, commonly known as the dogtooth tuna or white tuna, is a species of pelagic marine fish which belongs to the family Scombridae.
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Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates such as fishes, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and the (extinct) ichthyosaur.
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Endotherm
An endotherm (from Greek ἔνδον endon "within" and θέρμη thermē "heat") is an organism that maintains its body at a metabolically favorable temperature, largely by the use of heat set free by its internal bodily functions instead of relying almost purely on ambient heat.
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Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.
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Euthynnus
Euthynnus is a genus of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, or mackerel family, and in the tribe Thunnini, more commonly known as the tunas.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Fish anatomy
Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fishes.
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Fish as food
Many species of fish are consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world.
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Fish fin
Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.
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Grammatorcynus
Grammatorcynus is a genus of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae.
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Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch.
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Island mackerel
The island mackerel (Rastrelliger faughni) is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family (Scombridae) from the Indo-Pacific.
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Landanichthys
Landanichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Danian stage of the Paleocene epoch.
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Mackerel
Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae.
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Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
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Neogene
The Neogene (informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya.
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Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
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Orcynopsis unicolor
Orcynopsis unicolor (plain bonito) is a ray-finned, bony fish in the bonito tribe of the mackerel family (Scombridae).
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Palaeothunnus
Palaeothunnus is an extinct genus of prehistoric tuna that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.
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Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.
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Paleogene
The Paleogene (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Mya.
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Pelvis
The pelvis (plural pelves or pelvises) is either the lower part of the trunk of the human body between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region of the trunk) or the skeleton embedded in it (sometimes also called bony pelvis, or pelvic skeleton).
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Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
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Quaternary
Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
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Rastrelliger
Rastrelliger is a mackerel genus in the family Scombridae.
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Sarda (fish)
Sarda is a genus of medium-sized, predatory ray-finned bony fish in the Scombridae family, and belonging to the tribe Sardini, more commonly called the Bonito tribe.
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Scomber
Scomber is a genus of fish in the family Scombridae living in the open ocean found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
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Scomberomorus
Scomberomorus is a genus of ray-finned bony fish in the mackerel family, Scombridae.
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Scombrinae
The Scombrinae are a subfamily of ray-finned bony fishes in the family Scombridae.
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Scombrini
Scombrini, commonly called the true mackerels, is a tribe of ray-finned bony fishes in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family it shares with the Spanish mackerel, tuna and bonito tribes, plus the butterfly kingfish.
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Scombroid food poisoning
Scombroid food poisoning, also known as simple scombroid, is a foodborne illness that typically results from eating spoiled fish.
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Skipjack tuna
The skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae.
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Slender tuna
The slender tuna, Allothunnus fallai, is a species of tuna, the only species in the genus Allothunnus, found around the world in the southern oceans between latitudes 20° and 50° South, although there are two records of probable vagrants, one in Los Angeles Harbour and the other from the North Pacific subarctic gyre.
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Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorini is a tribe of ray-finned saltwater bony fishes that is commonly known as the Spanish mackerels or seerfishes.
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Sphyraenodus
Sphyraenodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
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Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.
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Taxonomy (biology)
Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.
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Thunnus
Thunnus is a genus of ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish from the Scombridae (Mackerel) family.
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Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily.
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Tuna
A tuna is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a sub-grouping of the mackerel family (Scombridae).
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Wahoo
Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas.
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Wetherellus
Wetherellus is an extinct genus of mackerel from the Eocene.
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
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Yellowfin tuna
The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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Zoological Society of London
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scombridae
