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Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus

123Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
6Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb33
Mar3
Apr0
May0
Jun16
Jul8
Aug12
Sep0
Oct18
Nov17
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland10
2Cumbria England5
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
4East Lothian Scotland2
5Cheshire East England1
6Angus Scotland1

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
123
Peak month
February
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Thunnus obesus
Group
Fish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Scombridae
Genus
Thunnus
Name with authority
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
Described
1839

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1122241 · GBIF 2373996