Topic summary
Thunnini
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tuna.
Tuna (pl.: tunas or tuna) are saltwater fish belonging to the tribeThunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family. The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, the sizes of which vary from the bullet tuna (max length: 50 cm or 1.6 ft, weight: 1.8 kg or 4 lb) to the Atlantic bluefin tuna (max length: 4.6 m or 15 ft, weight: 684 kg or 1,508 lb), which averages 2 m (6.6 ft) and is believed to live up to 50 years.