bluefin tuna

bluefin tuna definitions

noun
  • Thunnus orientalis, Pacific bluefin tuna, found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean and locally in the south. 

  • Thunnus tonggol, longtail tuna, found in tropical Indo-West Pacific waters. 

  • Thunnus thynnus, Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also 

  • in the Mediterranean Sea. 

  • A member of a species of tuna, Thunnus genus, having blue fins, including 

  • Thunnus maccoyii, southern bluefin tuna.