| Tuna Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present[1] |
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| Bullet tuna, Auxis rochei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Thunnini |
| Genus: | Auxis Risso, 1810 |
| Species | |
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Auxis is a genus of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, all of which are tuna, although other tuna species are found in other genera.
There are two species:
Species of several other genera (all in the family Scombridae) also have common names containing tuna.