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Albacore
Thunnus alalunga
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Albacore
- Scientific
- Thunnus alalunga
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.4 m (fork length); commonly 1 m; max. published weight 60.3 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean, near the surface and in mid-water, recorded from 0 to 600 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A tuna with remarkably long pectoral fins reaching past the second dorsal fin, dark blue above and silvery below, reaching about 1.4 m. It lives in the open ocean, mostly in cooler, deeper water than other tropical tunas.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives on the FishBase country checklist (status: present). No Maldives-specific information was found in MRS (1997) or the other sources reviewed, and no Dhivehi name is recorded.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Thunnus-alalunga.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Thunnus_alalunga.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.