atlanticus, Thynnus Lesson [R. P.] 1831:165 [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Trindade, Martin Vaz Islands, off southeastern Brazil, South Atlantic, 20°31'S, 29°19'W. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson 1831) -- (Gibbs & Collette 1967:107 [ref. 13640], Collette & Nauen 1983:85 [ref. 5375], Robins & Ray 1986:262 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:169 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:419 [ref. 23827], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:333 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:169 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2001:3 [ref. 25629], Collette et al. 2003:125 [ref. 26784], Collette 2003:1855 [ref. 27087], Collette 2003:14 [ref. 27312], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:103 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:176 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:786 [ref. 28815], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:84 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:33 [ref. 34324], Carneiro et al. 2019:170 [ref. 37250], Collette & Graves 2019:240 [ref. 37341], Guabiroba et al. 2020:704 [ref. 37571], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:444 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:253 [ref. 40480], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:114 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson 1831). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; northeastern Atlantic: Azores. Habitat: marine.