Author: (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
FBname: Pacific bluefin tuna
Comments: Epipelagic, usually oceanic, but seasonally coming close to shore (Ref. 168).  Tolerates  ample temperature intervals (Ref. 168).  Forms schools by size, sometimes with other scombrids (Ref. 168).  Migrates between June and September in a northward direction along the coast of Baja California, Mexico and California (Ref. 168).  A voracious predator that feeds on a wide variety of small schooling fishes and squids, also on crabs crabs and to a lesser degree on sessile organisms (Ref. 168).  Marketed fresh and frozen.