Species of fish
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]
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^ "Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production" . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) . Retrieved 2024-05-06 .
^ 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 .
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^ [1] World Register of Marine Species Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915