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Allison's Tuna, Allison Tuna, Autumn Albacore, 'Fin, Longfin, Long Fin Tunny, Pacific Long-tailed Tuna, Tuna, Yellowfinned Albacore, Yellowfin Tuna, Yellowfin Tunny

Thunnus albacares

261Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
13Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb80
Mar11
Apr0
May7
Jun26
Jul12
Aug22
Sep0
Oct34
Nov34
Dec15

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
2Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
3Cumbria England6
4Norfolk England5
5Highland Scotland5
6Calderdale England4
7Cheshire East England2
8Angus Scotland2
9Cambridgeshire England1
10Argyll and Bute Scotland1
11East Lothian Scotland1
12Stirling Scotland1
13South Lanarkshire Scotland1

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
261
Peak month
February
Counties with records
13
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Thunnus albacares
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Scombridae
Genus
Thunnus
Name with authority
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Described
1788

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q269781 · GBIF 2374013