Slender tuna

Slender tuna

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	Allothunnus
Species:	A. fallai
Binomial name
*Allothunnus fallai* Serventy, 1948

The slender tuna, Allothunnus fallai, is a species of tuna, the only species in the genus Allothunnus, found around the world in the southern oceans between latitudes 20° and 50° South. Its length is up to one metre (3.3 feet).

References

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"Allothunnus fallai". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Allothunnus fallai" in FishBase. April 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
IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 28 September 2007.

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Other tuna	Scombridae Black skipjack tuna Bullet tuna Dogtooth tuna Frigate tuna Mackerel tuna Leaping bonito Little tunny Skipjack tuna Slender tuna Auxis
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Other	Dolphin friendly tuna Scombroid food poisoning Tuna Fishing (painting) Tunagate
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