Skipjack tuna

Skipjack tuna
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Subfamily:	Scombrinae
Tribe:	Thunnini
Genus:	Katsuwonus; Kishinouye, 1915
Species:	K. pelamis
Binomial name
	Katsuwonus pelamis; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Euthynnus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758); Katsuwonus vagans (Lesson, 1829); Scomber pelamys Linnaeus, 1758; Scomber pelamis Linnaeus, 1758; Thynnus vagans Lesson, 1829;

The skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is a fish in the tuna family.

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