Rare occurrence of a bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus in British waters, with notes on other occurrences of sub-tropical tunas

A. Powell; G.S. Parry; Jonathan Houghton; D.M. Herdson

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02330.x

Rare occurrence of a bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus in British waters, with notes on other occurrences of sub-tropical tunas

A. Powell, G.S. Parry, Jonathan Houghton, D.M. Herdson

School of Biological Sciences

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Abstract

A freshly dead bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus was washed ashore near Burry Port, Wales (51 degrees 40' N; 4 degrees 15' W) in August, 2006. This is only the third occasion that the species has been observed in British waters, and is the largest and most northerly recorded specimen.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	917-923
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Fish Biology
Volume	75
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02330.x
Publication status	Published - Sep 2009

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Aquatic Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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