Frigate tuna
| Frigate tuna (Alagaduwa) | |
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| Auxis thazard (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | Auxis |
| Species: | A. thazard
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| Binomial name | |
| Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
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The frigate tuna or frigate mackerel or alagaduwa (Auxis thazard) is a species of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans. The eastern pacific population is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities, Auxis brachydorax.[3]
References
- ^ Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Amorim, A.F.; et al. (2011). "Auxis thazard". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170344A6757270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170344A6757270.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Auxis thazard". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (30 April 2018). "Species that contain: Auxis and brachydorax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
