Species ID
View AllYellowfin Tuna
( Thunnus albacares )
Description
Other names
Other names
Yellowfin, Fin, Allison Tuna, Allison’s Tuna, Autumn Albacore, Fin Tuna, Longfin Yellowfin Tuna, Pacific Yellow-finned Tuna, Yellowfinned Albacore, Ahi (Hawaii)
Fast Facts photo courtesy of Greg Weaver, Gold Coast QLD
How to Catch
Distribution
Eating
Fast Facts
- Is a member of the family Scombridae (mackerels, tunas, and bonitos)
- Can grow to 2.1m in length and 176kg in weight
- Distinguished by it’s bright yellow elongate second dorsal and anal fins
- A pelagic fish species found worldwide
- Frequents oceanic waters
- Found Australia-wide
- Lives for around 10 years
- Carnivores that feed on baitfish
- Target by cubing pilchards, trolling lures, or topwater luring with stickbaits
- Good eating
