Classification and Taxonomy

· Species name: Thunnus alalunga (Bonaterre 1788)
· Synonyms in use: Germo alalunga (Jordan and Evermann 1896)
· ICCAT species code: ALB
· ICCAT names: Albacore (English), Germon (French), Atún Blanco (Spanish)

  

According to Collette and Nauen (1983) albacore is classified as follows:
·'Les Gallagher: fishpics & ImagDOP University of the Azores'

Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Gnathostomata
Class: Osteichthyes
Subclass: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Scombroidei
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Thunnini
Genus: Thunnus

Figure 1. Drawing of an adult albacore by Les Gallagher (Les Gallagher: fishpics & ImagDOPUniversity of the Azores)