NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Thunnus
  Tribe - Thunnini
  Subfamily - Scombrinae
  Family - Scombridae
  Suborder - Scombroidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Thunnus alalunga
      Species - Thunnus thynnus
      Species - Thunnus orientalis
      Species - Thunnus obesus
      Species - Thunnus maccoyii