Slender tuna

Slender tuna

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Scombridae
Subfamily:	Scombrinae
Tribe:	Thunnini
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.

Tuna

True tuna	Tuna Thunnus Albacore Bigeye tuna Atlantic bluefin tuna Blackfin tuna Longtail tuna Southern bluefin tuna Pacific bluefin tuna Yellowfin tuna

Other tuna	Scombridae Black skipjack tuna Bullet tuna Dogtooth tuna Frigate tuna Mackerel tuna Leaping bonito Little tunny Skipjack tuna Slender tuna Auxis

Fishing and fisheries	Almadraba US bluefin tuna industry

As food	Botargo Cakalang fufu Chūtoro Katsuobushi Kezuriki Mojama Tekkadon Tuna casserole Tuna fish sandwich Tuna pot Tuna salad

Other	Dolphin friendly tuna Scombroid food poisoning Tuna Fishing (painting) Tunagate

Organisations	ICCAT International Seafood Sustainability Foundation#Practices Nauru Agreement Regional Fisheries Management Organisation

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