Tuna
Thunnus alalunga
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Thunnus
Where to Find
Found in 51 diving areas across 34 countries and 8 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 70 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 6 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 26 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 13 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 12 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 27 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 37 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 45 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 14 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 9 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 139 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 28 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 55605 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 15 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 8 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 12 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 32 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 4 records
- Azores, Portugal - 565 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 21 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Hawaii, United States - 42 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 5 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records