Albacore
Fact File:
Common Name(s): Albacore (Long-Fin Tuna) Scientific Name: Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) Usual Size: To 127cm UK Record Weights from rod/line: Shore: 4lb 12oz Boat: Vacant MAFF Minimum Size: Shore: Boat: |
Identification:
Typical tunny shape, pectoral fins very long and when depressed reach beyond the second dorsal fin. Poorly defined swim bladder, not evident in fish under 50cm. Colour: faint lateral iridescent band runs along sides of the live fish - diminishes on death. The first dorsal fin is deep yellow second dorsal and anal fins bright yellow, and the anal finlets are dark. This is the only Tuna species with a white margin on the edge of the tail.
Breeding:
Habitat:
Food:
Range:
Additional Notes:
REFERENCES: FAO Species Catalogue 2 - Scombrids of The World - Collette/Nauen Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean - Whitehead, Bauchot, Hureau, Nielsen, Tortonese Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe - Wheeler
|
GuestBook / MessageBoards @ http://ukfishid.proboards84.com/index.cgi
Return to the