Species that contain: Thunnus and thynnus and orientalis [ 3 ] records

orientalis, Thynnus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1844:94 [Fauna Japonica Parts 5-6; ref. 4372] Nagasak, Nagasaki, Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH D794 (dry). Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:91 [ref. 12876], Boeseman 1964:466, Fig. 14 [ref. 20805]. Formerly considered a subspecies until raised to specific status by Collette 1999 [ref. 23936] and Collette et al. 2001 [ref. 25629]. •Synonym of Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Gibbs & Collette 1967:117 [ref. 13640], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:268 [ref. 7348], Collette & Smith 1981 [ref. 21091], Collette in Whitehead et al. 1986:997 [ref. 13676], Scott & Scott 1988:462 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:180 [ref. 14674], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:1542 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:274 [ref. 24545], Parin 2003:S30 [ref. 28536]). •Valid as Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844) -- (Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:398 [ref. 24555], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Collette 1999:163 [ref. 23936], Mishra et al. 1999:89 [ref. 25315], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:811 [ref. 25968], Collette et al. 2001:3 [ref. 25629], Collette 2003:1857 [ref. 27087], Collette 2003:15 [ref. 27312], Nelson et al. 2004:176 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:168 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:508 [ref. 28379], Page et al. 2013:182 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:515 [ref. 33547], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:118 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1638 [ref. 34193], Collette in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2914 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:459 [ref. 34668], Kells et al. 2016:318 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:93 [ref. 37205], Kim et al. 2020:183 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:113 [ref. 37637], Barabanchchikov et al. 2021:387 [ref. 38541], Love et al. 2021:212 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:114 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Pacific Ocean: Philippines north to Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia), southern Okhotsk Sea (Russia and Japan) and southern Kuril Islands, south to Kermadec Islands; eastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to California (U.S.A.), including Revillagigedo Archipelago (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

saliens, Thunnus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1926:10, Pls. 1, 2 (figs. 1-3) [Occasional Papers California Academy of Sciences v. 12; ref. 15593] Off Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): CAS 595 (photograph only). Original states that type is CAS 595, a photograph. •Synonym of Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758), subspecies orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844) -- (Gibbs & Collette 1967:118 [ref. 13640], Collette & Nauen 1983:90 [ref. 5375]). •Synonym of Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844) -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:811 [ref. 25968], Collette 2003:15 [ref. 27312]). Current status: Synonym of Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Habitat: marine.

schlegelii, Orcynus Steindachner [F.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1884:178 [10], Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 49 (1. Abth.); ref. 4248] Tokyo, Japan. Holotype (unique): NMW (not found). Genus misspelled as Orcinus on figure-caption page (p. 212 [44]). •Synonym of Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758), subspecies orientalis Temminck & Schlegel 1844 -- (Gibbs & Collette 1967:117 [ref. 13640], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:268 [ref. 7348], Collette & Nauen 1983:90 [ref. 5375]). •Synonym of Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844) -- (Collette 2003:15 [ref. 27312]). Current status: Synonym of Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Habitat: marine.