Slender tuna
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
| Tribe: | Thunnini |
| Genus: | Allothunnus |
| Species: | A. fallai
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| Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948
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Gasterochisma fallai (Serventy, 1948) | |
The slender tuna, Allothunnus fallai, is a species of
canning.[4] The high oil content of the flesh is caused by the oily nature of its diet and varies over the tuna's life, fish which have just fed are high in oil but specimens caught at the end of their migrations will have relatively low oil content. The high concentration of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the flesh of this species caused the CSIRO to declare that the slender tuna was Australia's healthiest seafood dish.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Allothunnus fallai" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ a b Gary Wilson (2 April 2017). Alan Burgess (ed.). "Slender Tuna – Allothunnus fallai". New Zealand Sea Fishes. fishingmag.co.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ a b Dianne J. Bray; S. Schultz (eds.). "Slender Tuna, Allothunnus fallai Serventy 1948". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ a b Andrew Darby (14 May 2002). "Slender tuna surfaces with the good oil". The Age. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allothunnus fallai.
Wikispecies has information related to Allothunnus.
- "Allothunnus fallai". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Allothunnus fallai" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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