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Euthynnus affinis

Kawakawa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Euthynnus
Species:
E. affinis
Binomial name
Euthynnus affinis
(Cantor, 1849)
Synonyms[2]
  • Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849
  • Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915
  • Wanderer wallisi Whitley, 1937
  • Euthunnus wallisi (Whitley, 1937)
Global capture production of Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO[3]

Euthynnus affinis, the mackerel tuna, little tuna, eastern little tuna, wavyback skipjack tuna, kawakawa,[4] or tongkol komo is a species of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, or mackerel family. It belongs to the tribe Thunnini, better known as the tunas.[5] This is an Indo-Pacific species which is found from the Red Sea to French Polynesia.[1]

Euthynnus affinis formerly was known as Euthynnus yaito.[6]

  1. ^ a b Collette, B.; Chang, S.-K.; Fox, W.; et al. (2011). "Euthynnus affinis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170336A6753804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170336A6753804.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Euthynnus affinis". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ^ "Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  4. ^ Hooper, Robin (1994). "Reconstructing Proto Polynesian fish names". In Pawley, A.K.; Ross, M.D. (eds.). Austronesian terminologies: continuity and change. Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University. pp. 223–4. doi:10.15144/PL-C127.185.
  5. ^ "Euthynnus affinis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  6. ^ [1] World Register of Marine Species Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915

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