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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pacific Bluefin Tuna being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Thunnus alalunga
- Thunnus atlanticus
- Thunnus albacares
- Thunnus thynnus
- Euthynnus alletteratus
- Coryphaena hippurus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Thunnus
- Species
- Thunnus orientalis
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