Bigeye tuna
| Bigeye tuna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | Thunnus |
| Subgenus: | Thunnus |
| Species: | T. obesus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
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The bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) is a species of true tuna of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. Bigeye tuna are found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, but not in the Mediterranean Sea.