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Comment on ‘Clarification regarding the distribution of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus in the Atlantic Ocean, including British waters’
Author(s) -
Chassot E.,
Kaplan D. M.,
Ortiz de Zarate V.,
Romanov E.,
Fonteneau A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02816.x
Subject(s) - thunnus , biology , fishery , tuna , scombridae , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , humanities , art , geology
International audiencePowell et al. (2009) recently reported the occurrence of a specimen of Thunnus obesus (Lowe) found stranded on 24 August 2006 near Burry Port, Wales, U.K. (51◦ 40 N; 4◦ 15 W). The authors describe the biological characteristics of the fish such as morphometric measurements and stomach contents, the diagnostic anatomical features for identifying T. obesus and discuss the past occurrences of tropical and temperate tunas in the Celtic Sea and adjacent areas