Pacific bluefin tuna: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Pacific bluefin tuna lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Thunnus orientalis
Group	Bony fish
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Scombriformes
Family	Scombridae

Where does the Pacific bluefin tuna live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Pacific bluefin tuna in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

New Zealand

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Pacific bluefin tuna endangered?

The Pacific bluefin tuna’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Pacific bluefin tuna?

The Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) is a ray-finned fish in the order Scombriformes and the family Scombridae, genus Thunnus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Pacific bluefin tuna

The Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) is a predatory species of tuna found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean, but it is migratory and also recorded as a visitor to the south Pacific.

In the past it was often included in T. thynnus, the 'combined' species then known as the northern bluefin tuna (when treated as separate, T. thynnus is called the Atlantic bluefin tuna). It may reach as much as 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and 450 kg (990 lb) in weight.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pacific bluefin tuna (revision 1372644796), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1766955 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).