Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Thunnus
Where to Find
Found in 57 diving areas across 35 countries and 8 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 3 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 46 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 23 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 59 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 11 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 12 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 25 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 14 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 6 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 11 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 46 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 103 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 10 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 23 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Baa Atoll, Maldives - 51 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 334 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 58 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 604 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 348 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 364 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 98 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1311 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 12 records
- Azores, Portugal - 4406 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Hawaii, United States - 39 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 83 records