Fun Longtail Tuna Facts For Kids
The longtail tuna, Thunnus tonggol, is a ray-finned fish that belongs to the Scombridae family of animals. The fish has a silvery-white body with scales all over that have a few transparent oval spots on the lower part.
This tuna fish can live a life of around 18 years unless they've been hunted or caught by the fisheries.
They have weak or absent swim bladders, unlike other fish. Even though the population of longtail is unknown, the yellowtail tuna, which is a related species is Near Threatened according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Here's an interesting fact: this fish rarely migrates and is usually seen in the Indo-western Pacific ocean and the Red sea. Hence, the tuna fishing enthusiasts make it a point to catch these in the warm waters mainly because this species is non-migratory.
The fisheries have links with different markets that end up selling this fish at expensive prices due to its commercial value.
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