Bigeye Tuna

Thunnus obesus (Lowe 1839)

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Thunnus obesus (Bigeye Tuna) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family mackerels. They are listed as vulnerable by IUCN. Individuals are known to live for 11 years and can grow to 250 cm.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/vulnerable
Definition: A taxon is Vulnerable when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Vulnerable, and it is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21859

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EOL has data for 27 attributes, including:

host of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002453
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Thunnus obesus (Lowe 1839) (Bigeye tuna)
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Thunnus obesus (Lowe 1839) (Bigeye tuna)
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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180 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Taiwan
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1668284
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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tropical ocean
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TropicalOcean
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Thunnus obesus (Lowe 1839) (Bigeye tuna)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Thunnus obesus (Lowe 1839) (Bigeye tuna)
life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050
- Definition: A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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11 years
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Decreasing
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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27.91 degrees celsius
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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115500 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Bigeye tuna. View this species on GBIF

National Fisheries Research and Development Institution-Philippines. Ivane P. Gerasmio. Year: 2011. cc-by-3.0