Thunnus South, 1845
Orcynus Cuvier, 1816; (preoccupied)
Neothunnus Kishinouye, 1923; (synonym)
Semathunnus Fowler, 1933; (synonym)
Parathunnus Kishinouye, 1923; (synonym)
Thinnus S. D. W., 1837; (synonym)
Thynnus Cuvier, 1816; (on Official Index)
Albacora Jordan, 1888; (synonym)
Kishinoella Jordan & Hubbs, 1925; (synonym)
Thunnus alalunga Gibbs & Collette, 1967
Scomber alalunga Cetti, 1777; (valid as)
Scomber alalunga Bonnaterre, 1788; (valid as)
Scomber alatunga Gmelin, 1789; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Scomber germon Lacep¨de, 1800; (synonym)
Scomber germo Lacep¨de, 1801; (synonym)
Thynnus oceanicus Plumier, 1801; (unavailable)
Orcynus germo Cuvier, 1816; (synonym)
Thynnus pacificus Cuvier, 1832; (synonym)
Scomber germo Bennett, 1840; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Orcynus pacificus Cooper, 1863; (synonym)
Germo germo Jordan, 1888; (synonym)
Germo germon steadi Whitley, 1933; (synonym)
Thunnus atlanticus Gibbs & Collette, 1967
Scomber coretta Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
Thynnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831; (valid as)
Thynnus balteatus Cuvier, 1832; (synonym)
Parathunnus rosengarteni Fowler, 1934; (synonym)
Parathunnus ambiguus Mowbray, 1935; (synonym)
Thunnus maccoyii Gibbs & Collette, 1967
Thynnus maccoyii Castelnau, 1872; (valid as)
Thynnus maccoyì Castelnau, 1872; (misspelling)
Thunnus phillipsi Jordan & Evermann, 1926; (synonym)
Thunnus obesus Postel, 1973
Thynnus obesus Lowe, 1839; (valid as)
Thynnus sibi Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; (synonym)
Thunnus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915; (synonym)
Parathunnus mebachi Kishinouye, 1923; (synonym)
Thunnus thynnus South, 1845
Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Thynnus thynnus Cuvier, 1816; (valid as)
Thynnus mediterraneus Risso, 1827; (synonym)
Thynnus vulgaris Cuvier, 1832; (synonym)
Thynnus vulgaris Cuvier, 1832; (unneeded replacement)
Thynnus secundodorsalis Storer, 1855; (synonym)
Thynnus segundo-dorsalis Storer, 1855; (misspelling)
Thynnus linnei Malm, 1877; (synonym)
Thynnus linnei Malm, 1877; (unneeded replacement)
Thynnus linn©i Malm, 1877; (misspelling)
Orcynus schlegelii Steindachner, 1884; (synonym)
Albacora thynnus Jordan, 1888; (valid as)
Thunnus saliens Jordan & Evermann, 1926; (synonym)
Thunnus thynnus Postel, 1973
T. t. orientalis Gibbs & Collette, 1967
Thynnus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; (synonym)
Thunnus tonggol Gibbs & Collette, 1967
Thynnus tonggol Bleeker, 1851; (valid as)
Thunnus rarus Kishinouye, 1915; (synonym)
Kishinoella rara Jordan & Hubbs, 1925; (synonym)
Thunnus nicolsoni Whitley, 1936; (synonym)
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The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev ; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.