Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Tonnidae tun shells (See list of species below)

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25 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Dalium solidum []	No picture found Eudolium bairdii []	Eudolium crosseanum [Straw tun]
No picture found Malea noronhensis []	Malea pomum [Grinning tun]	No picture found Malea ringens [Pacific cask shell]
Tonna allium [Costate tun]	No picture found Tonna ampullacea []	Tonna canaliculata [Channeled tun]
Tonna cepa [Channeled tunshell]	No picture found Tonna chinensis []	No picture found Tonna cumingii []
Tonna dolium [Spotted tun]	Tonna galea [Giant tun]	No picture found Tonna lischkeana []
No picture found Tonna luteostoma []	No picture found Tonna maculosa []	No picture found Tonna melanostoma []
Tonna olearium [Oily tun]	Tonna pennata [Atlantic partridge tun]	Tonna perdix [Pacific partridge tun]
Tonna sulcosa [Banded tun]	Tonna tessellata [Mosaic tun]	No picture found Tonna tetracotula []
No picture found Tonna zonata []

25 Species of Family Tonnidae
(tun shells)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Dalium solidum		Western Atlantic	6.5 DL
Eudolium bairdii		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	7.6 DL
Eudolium crosseanum	Straw tun	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	8.1 DL
Malea noronhensis		Western Atlantic.	7 DL
Malea pomum	Grinning tun	Indo-Pacific and Western	8 ShH
Malea ringens	Pacific cask shell	Pacific Ocean. Subtropic
Tonna allium	Costate tun	Indo-West Pacific	10 ShH
Tonna ampullacea		Western Central Pacific
Tonna canaliculata	Channeled tun	Indo-West Pacific	14.5 SHL
Tonna cepa	Channeled tunshell	Pacific Ocean.
Tonna chinensis		Western Pacific
Tonna cumingii		Western Central Pacific	12.5 ShH
Tonna dolium	Spotted tun	Indo-Pacific	15 ShH
Tonna galea	Giant tun	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	18 DL
Tonna lischkeana		Western Central Pacific
Tonna luteostoma		Indo-Pacific.
Tonna maculosa		Western Atlantic
Tonna melanostoma		Pacific Ocean. Subtropic
Tonna olearium	Oily tun	Cosmopolitan	23 ShH
Tonna pennata	Atlantic partridge tun	Western Central Pacific a
Tonna perdix	Pacific partridge tun	Indo-Pacific	20 ShH
Tonna sulcosa	Banded tun	Indo-West Pacific	13 ShH
Tonna tessellata	Mosaic tun	Indo-West Pacific	10 SHL
Tonna tetracotula		Southwest Pacific
Tonna zonata		Western Pacific.

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

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Identification keys

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Identification by pictures:

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