Conservation Status

National Red List Status: EX

IUCN Red List Status: EN

Protection status: Not defined

Reason: N/A

Trend: Extinct

Georgian Name: თინუსი

English Name: Atlantic bluefin tuna

SubSpecies: Thunnus thynnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) , Thunnus thynnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844), Thunnus thynnus thynnus

Synonyms: Albacora thynnus , Orcynus secondidorsalis (Storer, 1853) Orcynus thynnus Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758 Thunnus secundodorsalis (Storer, 1853) Thunnus thynnus thynnus Thunnus thynus Thunnus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1832) Thynnus linnei Malm, 1877 Thynnus mediterraneus Risso, 1827 Thynnus secundodorsalis Storer, 1853 Thynnus thynnus Thynnus vulgaris Cuvier, 1832

Taxonomy according to: http://www.marinespecies.org;https://www.fishbase.in;https://www.iucnredlist.org

References: 1)Marine fishes in the Black Sea: recent conservation status.M. YANKOVA, D. PAVLOV, P. IVANOVA, E. KARPOVA, A. BOLTACHEV, B. ÖZTÜRK, L. BAT, M. ORAL and M. MGELADZE.Mediterranean Marine Science,30 May 2014;2)RED Data Bool Black Sea, Turkey,Turkish marine

Evaluated By: Mikeladze R, Mgeladze M, Goradze R, Japoshvili B, Epitashvili G, Kuljanishvili T.

Date evaluated: Nov 2021

Projects

Special Protection Areas (SPA) for birds in Georgia

Ethnobiology of fungi and lichens of Georgia