Neothunnus
{{Short description|Subgenus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Thunnus (Neothunnus)
|image=Thunnus albacares.png
|image_caption=T. albacares yellowfin tuna
|authority=Kishinouye, 1923
|display_parents = 2
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision=
- T. albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- T. atlanticus (Lesson, 1831)
- T. tonggol (Bleeker, 1851)
}}
Thunnus (Neothunnus) is a subgenus of ray-finned bony fishes in the Thunnini, or tuna, tribe. More specifically, Neothunnus is a subgenus of the genus Thunnus, also known as the "true tunas". Neothunnus is sometimes referred to as the yellowfin group, and comprises three species:
;subgenus Thunnus (Neothunnus)
- T. albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) – yellowfin tuna
- T. atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) – blackfin tuna
- T. tonggol (Bleeker, 1851) – longtail tuna
{{cladogram|title=Thunnus (Neothunnus), the Yellowfin group
|align=left |caption=Cladogram: The yellowfin group of tunas, subgenus Thunnus (Neothunnus), within the tribe Thunnini.{{cite journal|last=Graham|first=Jeffrey B.|author2=Dickson, Kathryn A.|title=Tuna Comparative Physiology|journal=The Journal of Experimental Biology|year=2004|volume=207|issue=23|pages=4015–4024|doi=10.1242/jeb.01267|access-date=20 September 2012 |url=http://jeb.biologists.org/content/207/23/4015.full.pdf+html |format=PDF|pmid=15498947|doi-access=|bibcode=2004JExpB.207.4015G |url-access=subscription}}{{cite journal|last=Catanese|first=Gaetano|author2=Manchado, Manuel |author3=Infante, Carlos |title=Evolutionary relatedness of mackerels of the genus Scomber based on complete mitochondrial genomes: Strong support to the recognition of Atlantic Scomber colias and Pacific Scomber japonicus as distinct species|journal=Gene|date=15 February 2010|volume=452|issue=1|pages=35–43|doi=10.1016/j.gene.2009.12.004|pmid=20035845}}
|cladogram=
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|size=15
|at1=8.7|label1=subgenus Neothunnus|bar1=green
|at2=9.3|label2=(yellowfin group)|bar2=green
|at3=12.7|label3=subgenus Thunnus|bar3=black
|at4=13.3|label4=(bluefin group)|bar4=black
|cladogram=
{{clade| style=font-size:100%;line-height:90%;width:690px;
|label1={{black|tribe Thunnini,}}
|1={{clade
|label1={{black|tunas}}
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|label1={{black|Allothunnus,}}
|1={{clade
|1={{black|A. fallai}} slender tuna
}}
}}
|2={{clade
|1={{clade
|label1={{black|Auxis, frigate tunas}}
|1={{clade
|1={{black|A. thazard}} frigate tuna 50 px
|2={{black|A. rochei}} bullet tuna
}}
}}
|2={{clade
|1={{clade
|label1={{black|Euthynnus, little tunas}}
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|1={{black|E. lineatus}} black skipjack tuna
|2={{black|E. alleteratus}} little tunny 50 px
}}
|2={{black|E. affinus}} mackerel tuna or kawakawa
}}
}}
}}
|2={{clade
|1={{clade
|label1={{black|Katsuwonus}}
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|1={{black|K. pelamis}} skipjack tuna 50 px
}}
}}
}}
|2={{clade
|label1={{black|Thunnus, true tunas}}
|1={{clade
|1={{cladex
|1={{cladex
|1={{cladex
|1={{cladex
|1={{cladex |thickness=3
|1={{cladex |thickness=3
|1={{green|T. atlanticus}} blackfin tuna 50 px
|barbegin1=green
|2={{green|T. albacares}} yellowfin tuna 50 px
|bar2=green
}}
|2={{green|T. tonggol}} longtail tuna
|barend2=green
}}
|2={{black|T. obesus}} bigeye tuna 50 px
|bar2=black
}}
|2={{black|T. maccoyii}} southern bluefin tuna
|bar2=black
}}
|2={{black|T. thynnus}} Atlantic bluefin tuna 50 px
|bar2=black
}}
|2={{cladex
|1={{black|T. alalunga}} Albacore tuna 50 px
|bar1=black
|2={{black|T. orientalis}} Pacific bluefin tuna
|barend2=black
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
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