Frigate tuna

Frigate tuna (Alagaduwa)
	Auxis thazard (bottom)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	Auxis
Species:	A. thazard
Binomial name
	Auxis thazard; (Lacepède, 1800)
Synonyms
	Scomber thazard Lacepède, 1800; Scomber taso Cuvier, 1832; Auxis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1854; Auxis hira Kishinouye, 1915;

The frigate tuna, frigate mackerel or alagaduwa (Auxis thazard) is a species of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans. The eastern Pacific population is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities, Auxis brachydorax.^[3]

References

^ Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Amorim, A.F.; et al. (2011). "Auxis thazard". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170344A6757270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170344A6757270.en. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Auxis thazard" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (30 April 2018). "Species that contain: Auxis and brachydorax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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[IUCN-1] Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Amorim, A.F.; et al. (2011). "Auxis thazard". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170344A6757270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170344A6757270.en. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Auxis thazard" in FishBase. February 2018 version.

[CoF-3] William Eschmeyer, ed. (30 April 2018). "Species that contain: Auxis and brachydorax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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