Usage of "Thunnus thynnus"

Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics.

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Examples for "bluefin"

In the last 30 years, bluefin populations around the world have collapsed. 
 Wired 

Governments have rejected trade bans for bluefin tuna and polar bears. 
 Reuters 

But people have long known more about cooking bluefin than keeping them alive. 
 Wired 

Prices for bluefin tuna imported from other regions are much lower. 
 The Guardian 

The bluefin stripped two hundred and fifty yards off the reel before sounding. 
 Amagansett 

Governments have rejected trade bans for bluefin tuna and polar bears. 
 Reuters 

Prices for bluefin tuna imported from other regions are much lower. 
 The Guardian 

The proposals include whether to list bluefin tuna as endangered. 
 Reuters 

Angling Notes: The big bluefin tuna are on the move along the western coastline. 
 The Irish Times 

But a red light is flashing over the bluefin tuna. 
 The Guardian 

Dog fish, too, are sometimes taken; as are conger eels, and horse mackerel. 
 For Name and Fame; Or, Through Afghan Passes 

And around the same time, southerly species, such as chub and horse mackerel, slowly moved in. 
 Reuters 

There are all varieties, from speckled trout and mackerel, up to conger eels, horse mackerel, and porpoises. 
 Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 

We get them, sometimes, in the trawl-notshoals of 'em, but single fish, which we call horse mackerel. 
 For Name and Fame; Or, Through Afghan Passes 

The two are alleged to have awarded horse mackerel quotas to Iceland's biggest fishing firm Samherji in exchange for bribes. 
 Reuters 

Usage of Thunnus thynnus in English

But even Thunnus thynnus has to start off young and small. 
 The Irish Times 

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Meanings of Thunnus thynnus in English