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SCIENTIFIC NAME

Northern bluefin tuna, also known as Atlantic bluefin tuna
Aa or Mediterranean bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus

Pacific bluefin tuna: Thunnus orientalis

Southern bluefin tuna: Thunnus maccoyii

DISTRIBUTION / HABITAT

Atlantic, Mediterranean, Pacific, Indian Ocean,
South of the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea.

SIZE

Up to 4.3 m

WEIGHT

Up to 700 kg

FOOD

Fish : sardines, mackerel, scad but also squid
and krill (small crustaceans).

STATUS

Thunnus thynnus : endangered (IUCN)
Thunnus orientalis : vulnerable (IUCN)
Thunnus maccoyii : critical danger of extinction (IUCN)

IMPRESSIVE FIGURES

The red tuna can weigh up to 700 kg. It migrates several
thousand kilometres between the cold waters where it
feeds and the warm waters where it reproduces, and
can dive up to 1,000 m.

sources : © 2017 WWF France - World Wide Fund For Nature France