Senior Scientist, National Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Scombrids of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Tunas, Mackerels, Bonitos and Related Species Known to Date
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 2
Page(s):
137
Publisher:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publication Place:
Rome, Italy
ISBN/ISSN:
92-5-101381-0/
Notes:
Reference for:
Thunnus orientalis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Collette, Bruce B., Carol Reeb, and Barbara A. Block / Barbara A. Block and E. Donald Stevens, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2001-01-01 / 2001-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Systematics of the Tunas and Mackerels (Scombridae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fish Physiology, vol. 19: Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution
Page(s):
1-33
Publisher:
Academic Press
Publication Place:
San Diego, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-12-350443-0/
Notes:
Reference for:
Thunnus orientalis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2004-01-01 / 2004-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29
Page(s):
ix + 386
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-888569-61-1/0097-0638
Notes:
Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams
Reference for:
Thunnus orientalis
Thunnus orientalis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
East Pacific
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Thunnus orientalis: Comments
Comment:
Formerly included in Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) as a subspecies. Collette, Reeb, and Block (2001) support treating this Pacific taxon as a full species, Thunnus orientalis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844), separate from the Atlantic taxon, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)