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FOUR species of Tuna play an important part in the fisheries of California, Mexico and Central America:the skipjack Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnæus), the yellowfin tuna Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck and Schlegel), the albacore Thunnus germo (Lacépède) and the bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnæus). The big-eyed tuna Parathunnus mebachi (Kishinouye) was also investigated and compared with the others. The present study was undertaken in March 1940, to determine the geographical range of these and the relationships between them and similar species occurring in the Central, Western and Equatorial Pacific. This entailed a detailed anatomical treatment which will form a firm foundation upon which investigations may be extended into lines more directly applicable to conservation.
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Tunas of the Pacific*. Nature 156, 184–185 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156184a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/156184a0