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| name = Bullet Tuna |
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| image = Auroc u0.gif |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
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| ordo = [[Perciformes]] |
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| familia = [[Scombridae]] |
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| subfamilia = [[Scombrinae]] |
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| tribus = ''Thunnini'' |
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| genus = ''[[Auxis]]'' |
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| subspecies = '''''A. rochei rochei''''' |
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| trinomial = ''Auxis rochei rochei'' |
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| trinomial_authority = (Lacepède, 1800) |
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The '''bullet tuna''', ''Auxis rochei rochei'', is a [[subspecies]] of [[tuna]], in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Scombridae]], found circumglobally in [[tropical]] oceans in open [[Photic_zone|surface waters]] to depths of 50m (164 ft). Its maximum length is 50.0 cm. |
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Sometimes called '''bullet mackerel''', the bullet tuna is a comparatively small and slender tuna. It has a triangular first [[dorsal fin]], widely separated from the second dorsal fin, which, like the [[anal fin|anal]] and [[pectoral fin]]s, is relatively small. There are the usual [[fish anatomy|finlets]] of the tuna. There is a small corselet of small [[scale (zoology)|scale]]s around the pectoral region of the body. |
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Bullet tunas are blue-black on the back with a pattern of zig-zag dark markings on the upper hind body, and silver below. The fins are dark grey. |
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They feed on small fish, [[squid]], [[planktonic]] [[crustacean]]s, and [[stomatopod]] [[larva]]e. |
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==References== |
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{{wikispecies}} |
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* {{FishBase species | genus = Auxis | species = rochei | month = February | year = 2006}} |
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{{tuna}} |
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[[Category:Scombridae]] |
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[[Category:Animals described in 1800]] |
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[[Category:Tuna]] |
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[[Category:Saltwater fish of Florida]] |
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Revision as of 04:00, 12 February 2014
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