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yellowfin tuna en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (uncountable) An edible species of tuna, Thunnus albacares, found especially in tropical seas.
   • The experiment in the first period targeted skipjack tuna and the second, yellowfin tuna. 1996, Gary T. Sakagawa, “Western Pacific Yellowfin Tuna Research Group Findings on Tuna Fisheries Interactions”, in Richard S. Shomura, Jacek Majkowski, Robert F. Harman, editors, Status of Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries in 1995, page 310:
   • 2009, Kurt M. Schaefer, Daniel W. Fuller, Barbara A. Block, Vertical Movements and Habitat Utilization of Skipjack (Katsuwonis pelamis), Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and Bigeye (Thunnus obesus) Tunas in the Equatorial Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ascertained through Archival Tag Data, During the daytime, skipjack and yellowfin tunas occasionally exhibited repetitive bounce-dive foraging behavior well below the thermocline to depths of the deep scattering layer, between 225 and 400 m.
   • Ohta and Kakuma (2005) reported that adult yellowfin tuna showed a similar diurnal vertical swimming pattern and dived to depths over 200 m. 2011, Yasushi Mitsunaga, Ricardo Barbaran, C. Endo, Kazuhiko Anraku, “Swimming Behavior of Juvenile Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) Around Fish Aggragate^([sic]) Devices (F.A.D.S.) in the Philippines”, in Hubert J. Ceccaldi, editor, Global Change: Mankind-Marine Environment Interactions, page 123:

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Synonyms

ahi (Thunnus albacares)

Translations (28)

bg албакор (edible species of tuna) · es atún de aleta amarilla (edible species of tuna) · jv madidihang (edible species of tuna) · gl atún amarelo (edible species of tuna) · puw hángiŕ (edible species of tuna) · dv ރީނދޫ އުރަހަ ކަންނެލި (edible species of tuna) · kea albakóra (edible species of tuna) · fi keltaevätonnikala (edible species of tuna) · ja 黄肌鮪 (edible species of tuna) · bcl bangkulis (edible species of tuna) · ru желтохво́стый туне́ц (edible species of tuna) · tr sarıkanat (edible species of tuna) · ko 황다랑어 (edible species of tuna) · ja 黄肌 (edible species of tuna) · cmn 黃鰭鮪 /黄鳍鲔 (edible species of tuna) · hu sárgaúszójú tonhal (edible species of tuna) · cmn 黃鰭金槍魚 /黄鳍金枪鱼 (edible species of tuna) · tl tambakol (edible species of tuna) · id madidihang (edible species of tuna) · cmn 黃鰭鮪魚 /黄鳍鲔鱼 (edible species of tuna) · haw ʻahi (edible species of tuna) · ru желтопёрый туне́ц (edible species of tuna) · af geelvintuna (edible species of tuna) · fr thon jaune (edible species of tuna) · pon karangahp (edible species of tuna) · cs tuňák žlutoploutvý (edible species of tuna) · tr sarı yüzgeçli orkinos (edible species of tuna) · pon weliwel (edible species of tuna)