Southern bluefin tuna: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the southern bluefin tuna lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Thunnus maccoyii
Group	Bony fish
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Scombriformes
Family	Scombridae

Where does the southern bluefin tuna live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the southern bluefin tuna in 3 countries and territories across Europe and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

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 southern bluefin tuna endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the southern bluefin tuna?

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

About the southern bluefin tuna

The southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) is a tuna of the family Scombridae found in open southern Hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. At up to 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) and weighing up to 260 kilograms (570 lb), it is among the larger bony fishes.

Southern bluefin tuna, like other pelagic tuna species, are part of a group of bony fishes that can maintain their body core temperature up to 10 °C (18 °F) above the ambient temperature. This advantage enables them to maintain high metabolic output for predation and migrating large distances. The southern bluefin tuna is an opportunistic feeder, preying on a wide variety of fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, salps, and other marine fishes and crustaceans.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Southern bluefin tuna (revision 1377200632), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1142258 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).