Auxis

Taxobox
name = Tuna
fossil_range = Middle Eocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ]


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Bullet tuna, "Auxis rochei"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Scombridae
genus = "Auxis"
genus_authority = Risso, 1810
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Auxis" is a genus of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, all of which are tuna, although other tuna species are found in other genera.

pecies

There are two species:
* Bullet Tuna, "Auxis rochei" (Risso, 1810).
* Frigate Tuna, "Auxis thazard" (Risso, 1810).

Species of several other genera (all in the family Scombridae) also have common names containing tuna.

References

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