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General information

Auxis thazard Lacepede, 1800


Common name	Frigate tuna, Alagoduwa
Synonyms	-
IUCN Red List status (2014)	Least Concern (LC)
Habitat	Saltwater
Systematics	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Pelagiaria; Scombriformes; Scombridae.
Geographical distribution	Sri Lanka; Thailand; Taiwan; North Korea; Maldives; Israel; Iraq; Egypt; Myanmar; Oman; Turkey; Australia; Papua New Guinea; Tanzania; Madagascar; Angola; Somalia; Kenya; Morocco; Mozambique; Mauritania; Liberia; Senegal; Romania; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Ecuador; French Guiana; Hawaii; Panama; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Guam; Micronesia; Tonga; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; CuraÃ§ao Island; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Cyprus; Monaco; Montenegro; Slovenia; Cape Verde; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Gabon; Gambia; Reunion; Saint Helena; Sao Tome and Principe; Seychelles; Togo; Tunisia
Occurrence	Native: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, North Korea, Maldives, Israel, Iraq, Egypt, Myanmar, Oman, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Madagascar, Somalia, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Mauritania, Liberia, Senegal, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Hawaii, Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Guam, Micronesia, Tonga, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, CuraÃ§ao Island, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Montenegro, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Gambia, Reunion, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Togo Misidentification: Turkey, Angola, Romania, Peru, Ecuador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Monaco, Slovenia, Tunisia
Importance
Remarks	Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study	Japan
Source of chromosomes	Gill
Number of specimens with sex	Not reported
Diploid chromosome number	48
Karyotype formula	48A
Fundamental arm number	48
Chromosome length	Not reported
Sex chromosome	Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH	Not reported
Reference(s)	Abucarma M, Martins-Santos IC (2001). Karyotype and B Chromosome of Rhamdia species (Pisces, Pimelodidae) endemic in the river Iguacu basin. Cytologia, 66 : 299-306.