frigate tuna

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Frigate tuna (Alagaduwa)

| image = Auxis thazard and Selar crumenopthalmus by Shrumster.jpg

| image_caption = Auxis thazard (bottom)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author1 = Collette, B. | author2 = Acero, A. | author3 = Amorim, A.F. | author4 = Boustany, A. | author5 = Canales Ramirez, C. | author6 = Cardenas, G. | author7 = Carpenter, K.E. | author8 = de Oliveira Leite Jr., N. | author9 = Di Natale, A. | author10 = Fox, W. | author11 = Fredou, F.L. | author12 = Graves, J. | author13 = Guzman-Mora, A. | author14 = Viera Hazin, F.H. | author15 = Juan Jorda, M. | author16 = Kada, O. | author17 = Minte Vera, C. | author18 = Miyabe, N. | author19 = Montano Cruz, R. | author20 = Nelson, R. | author21 = Oxenford, H. | author22 = Salas, E. | author23 = Schaefer, K. | author24 = Serra, R. | author25 = Sun, C. | author26 = Teixeira Lessa, R.P. | author27 = Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. | author28 = Uozumi, Y. | author29 = Yanez, E. | display-authors=3 | year = 2011 | title = Auxis thazard | page = e.T170344A6757270 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170344A6757270.en | access-date = 16 March 2022}}

| taxon =Auxis thazard

| authority = (Lacepède, 1800)

| synonyms = *Scomber thazard Lacepède, 1800

• Scomber taso Cuvier, 1832
• Auxis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1854
• Auxis hira Kishinouye, 1915

| synonyms_ref = {{FishBase|Auxis|thazard|month=February|year=2018}}

}}

The frigate tuna, frigate mackerel or alagaduwa (Auxis thazard){{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmaintest.asp | title = Species that contain: Auxis and brachydorax | accessdate = 7 May 2018 | publisher = California Academy of Sciences | work = Catalog of Fishes | editor = William Eschmeyer | date = 30 April 2018}}

File:Frigate tuna's Sashimi, 10 May 2018.jpg made of frigate tuna]]