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Species of fish For other uses, see Kawakawa (disambiguation).

Kawakawa

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	Euthynnus
Species:	E. affinis
Binomial name
*Euthynnus affinis* (Cantor, 1849)
Synonyms
Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849 Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915 Wanderer wallisi Whitley, 1937 Euthunnus wallisi (Whitley, 1937)

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. This is an Indo-Pacific species which is found from the Red Sea to French Polynesia.

Euthynnus affinis formerly was known as Euthynnus yaito.

References

^ Collette, B.; Chang, S.-K.; Fox, W.; et al. (2011). "Euthynnus affinis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170336A6753804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170336A6753804.en.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Euthynnus affinis". FishBase. February 2018 version.
"Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
"Euthynnus affinis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
World Register of Marine Species Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915

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True tuna	Tuna Thunnus Albacore Bigeye tuna Atlantic bluefin tuna Blackfin tuna Longtail tuna Southern bluefin tuna Pacific bluefin tuna Yellowfin tuna
Other tuna	Scombridae Black skipjack tuna Bullet tuna Dogtooth tuna Frigate tuna Mackerel tuna Leaping bonito Little tunny Skipjack tuna Slender tuna Auxis
Fishing and fisheries	Almadraba US bluefin tuna industry
As food	Botargo Cakalang fufu Chūtoro Katsuobushi Kezuriki Mojama Tekkadon Tuna casserole Tuna fish sandwich Tuna pot Tuna salad
Other	Dolphin friendly tuna Scombroid food poisoning Tuna Fishing (painting) Tunagate
Organisations	IATTC IOTC ICCAT CCSBT WCPFC International Seafood Sustainability Foundation#Practices Nauru Agreement Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
Related articles	List of tuna dishes

Taxon identifiers
Euthynnus affinis	Wikidata: Q9125703 ADW: Euthynnus_affinis AFD: Euthynnus_affinis BOLD: 11619 CoL: 3DDKS FishBase: 96 GBIF: 5208561 iNaturalist: 120615 IRMNG: 10538066 ITIS: 172403 IUCN: 170336 NCBI: 8227 OBIS: 219708 Open Tree of Life: 308760 Paleobiology Database: 345180 WoRMS: 219708

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