Showing Food Skipjack tuna
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| Name | Skipjack tuna | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Katsuwonus pelamis | ||||||||||
| Description | The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the aku, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna, or victor fish. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft) in length. It is a cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. It is a very important species for fisheries. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00476 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Fishes | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Metazoa | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Chordata | ||||||||||
| Class | Actinopteri | ||||||||||
| Order | Scombriformes | ||||||||||
| Family | Scombridae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Katsuwonus | ||||||||||
| Species | pelamis | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 172401 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Skipjack tuna | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||