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FAO Names |
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En - Yellowfin tuna; Fr - Albacore; Sp - Rabil. |
Size |
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 Maximum fork length is over 200 cm. The all-tackle angling record was a 176.4 kg fish of 208 cm fork length taken off the west coast of Mexico in 1977. Common to 150 cm fork length. |
| Diagnostic Features | |
 A large
species, deepest near middle of first dorsal fin base.
Gillrakers 26 to 34 on first arch. Some large specimens
have very long second dorsal and anal fins, which can
become well over 20% of fork length; pectoral fins
moderately long, usually reaching beyond second dorsal
fin origin but not beyond end of its base, usually 22 to
31% of fork length. No striations on ventral surface of
liver. Swimbladder present. Vertebrae 18 precaudal plus
21 caudal. Colour: back metallic dark blue changing
through yellow to silver on belly; belly frequently
crossed by about 20 broken, nearly vertical lines; dorsal
and anal fins, and dorsal and anal finlets, bright
yellow, the finlets with a narrow black border. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
 Indo-West Pacific Ocean from Japan south through the Philippines to Papua New Guinea, New Britain, the northern three quarters of Australia (Twofold Bay, New South Wales to Freemantle, Western Australia) west through the East Indies to both coasts of India, southern Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea and the Somalia coast. |
