Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
VulnerableFishcarnivore
The bigeye tuna is a powerful swimmer found in warm and mild ocean waters around the world. Unlike some of its relatives, it avoids the Mediterranean. These fish belong to the same family as mackerels and are built for speed.
- Bigeye tuna are part of the mackerel family.
- They thrive in tropical and temperate oceans worldwide.
- They do not enter the Mediterranean Sea.
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- Classification
- Fish
- Scientific name
- Thunnus obesus
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Regions in this directory
- Worldwide
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable (VU)