Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus · Scombridae

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae. It is variously known as the northern bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna, and formerly as the tunny.

Where the Atlantic bluefin tuna lives

Recorded in United States of America, Sweden, France and Spain (North America and Europe).

Most records fall in Skåne, Cádiz, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

See the Atlantic bluefin tuna’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 9,300 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.