Frigate tuna, frigate mackerel, alagaduwa (Auxis thazard) Frigate Mackerel.
(Auxis thazard).
Plate V.
Title: Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly
Date 1907
Authors: Rhode Island. Commissioners of Inland Fisheries
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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.
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Auxis
Species: Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Synonyms
- Scomber thazard Lacepède, 1800
- Scomber taso Cuvier, 1832
- Auxis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1854
- Auxis hira Kishinouye, 1915
