Allison's Tuna
Thunnus albacares
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 92 diving areas across 53 countries and 11 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 75 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 41 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 31 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 26 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 197 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 4 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 12 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 21 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 4 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 4 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 3 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 9 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 5 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 15 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 17 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 13 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 75 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 18 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 6 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 131 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 14 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 3 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 2 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 5 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 44 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Baa Atoll, Maldives - 17 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 19 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 11 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 25 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 17 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 866 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 39 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 45 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 29 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 164 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 197 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 13144 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4920 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 74 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 44 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 214 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Hawaii, United States - 18 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 72 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 6 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 59 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 34 records