Mackerel Tuna
Euthynnus affinis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Euthynnus affinis, the mackerel tuna, little tuna, eastern little tuna, wavyback skipjack tuna, kawakawa, or tongkol komo is a species of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, or mackerel family. It belongs to the tribe Thunnini, better known as the tunas. It is also in the genus Euthynnus of "little tunas," which includes the little tunny and the black skipjack.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Euthynnus