Frigate tuna

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Frigate tuna

Auxis thazard (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Scombridae
Subfamily:	Scombrinae
Tribe:	Thunnini
Genus:	Auxis
Subspecies:	A. thazard thazard
Trinomial name
*Auxis thazard thazard* (Lacepède, 1800)

The frigate tuna or frigate mackerel, Auxis thazard thazard, is a subspecies of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans.

References

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Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Auxis thazard" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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