TUNA


Meaning of TUNA in English

Any of seven species (genus Thunnus , family Scombridae) of commercially valuable food fishes.

Species range from the 80-lb (36-kg) albacore to the bluefin tuna ( T. thynnus ), which grows to 14 ft (4.3 m) long and weighs up to 1,800 lbs (800 kg). Tunas have a slender, streamlined body and a forked or crescent-shaped tail. They are unique among fishes in having a vascular system modified to maintain a body temperature above the water temperature. Though slow swimmers, they migrate long distances over all the world's oceans. They eat fishes, squid, shellfish, and plankton.

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