| Yellowfin tuna
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Actinopterygii
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| Order:
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Scombriformes
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| Family:
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Scombridae
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| Genus:
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Thunnus
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| Subgenus:
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Neothunnus
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| Species:
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T. albacares
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| Binomial name
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Thunnus albacares
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| Synonyms
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- Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788
- Germo albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- Neothunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- Scomber albacorus Lacepède, 1800
- Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier, 1832
- Germo argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832)
- Neothunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832)
- Thunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832)
- Scomber sloanei Cuvier, 1832
- Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839
- Germo albacora (Lowe, 1839)
- Neothunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839)
- Orcynus albacora (Lowe, 1839)
- Thunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839)
- Thynnus macropterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
- Germo macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
- Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
- Orcynus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
- Thunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
- Orcynus subulatus Poey, 1875
- Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920
- Germo allisoni (Mowbray, 1920)
- Neothunnus allisoni (Mowbray, 1920)
- Neothunnus itosibi Jordan & Evermann, 1926
- Germo itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
- Semathunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
- Thunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
- Neothunnus catalinae Jordan & Evermann, 1926
- Thunnus catalinae (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
- Kishinoella zacalles Jordan & Evermann, 1926
- Thunnus zacalles (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
- Semathunnus guildi Fowler, 1933
- Neothunnus brevipinna Bellón & Bàrdan de Bellón, 1949
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The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from the Hawaiian ʻahi, a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). The species name, albacares ("white meat") can also lead to confusion: in English, the albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is a different species, while yellowfin is officially designated albacore in French and referred to as albacora by Portuguese fishermen.