Fish of the Euthynnus genus of the tribe Thunnini of the subfamily Scombrinae of the Scombridae family of the Scombroidei suborder of the Scombriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Little tunny. Photo by © JT Williams. commons.wikimedia.org)
Little tunny, or false albacore (Euthynnus alletteratus) was first described in 1810 by the American naturalist, zoologist, and botanist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840).
It is a pelagic schooling species. It inhabits the depth of 1-150 meters. The maximum recorded length is 122 cm, specimens up to 80 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 16,5 kilograms. It feeds on fish, crustaceans, and squid.
(Little tunny. Photo by © Henk Heessen. marinespecies.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of little tunny, or false albacore (Euthynnus alletteratus) in other languages as follows:
Toni i vogël (Albanian), Малък тунец (Malik tunec) (Bulgarian), Dwergtonijn (Dutch), Τοννάκι (Tonnaki) (Greek), Tunnit atlantit (Hebrew), Bacoreta (Spanish), Tonnetto, Alletterato (Italian), Thonine (German), Tunek atlantycki (Polish), Merma (Portuguese), Ton mic (Romanian), Пятнистый тунец (Pjatnistyj tunets) (Russian), Luc (Serbian, Croatian), Pegasti tun (Slovenian), Yazılı orkinos (Turkish), Thonine commune (French), Tuňák malý (Czech).