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Blue Tuna: Anatomy: The Bluefin Tuna Is Dark Blue To Almost Black Above and Light Silver

The Southern Bluefin Tuna lives in the Southern Hemisphere between 30-50 degrees latitude south, breeds in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia, and has been overfished to the point that it is endangered. The Bluefin Tuna is dark blue above and light silver below, with a yellow line from snout to mid-body that fades after death, can grow up to 8 feet long and weigh up to 1500 pounds, and eats fish including mackerel.

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Blue Tuna: Anatomy: The Bluefin Tuna Is Dark Blue To Almost Black Above and Light Silver

The Southern Bluefin Tuna lives in the Southern Hemisphere between 30-50 degrees latitude south, breeds in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia, and has been overfished to the point that it is endangered. The Bluefin Tuna is dark blue above and light silver below, with a yellow line from snout to mid-body that fades after death, can grow up to 8 feet long and weigh up to 1500 pounds, and eats fish including mackerel.

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The Southern Bluefin Tuna is a species very similar to and closely related to the Bluefin Tuna. These two fish only differ internally. The Southern Bluefin lives in the Southern Hemisphere from about 30 to 50 Latitude South. They breed in the ndian !cean near ndonesia. The Southern Bluefin Tuna has been overfished and is in dan"er of e#tinction. Anatomy$ The Bluefin Tuna is dar% blue to almost blac% above and li"ht silver below. There is a yellow line from the snout alon" half of the body. This yellow line disappears after death. The tail is dar% blue. t typically "rows to be about & ft '( m) lon" and wei"hs about 300 pounds '*35 %"). The heaviest %nown are about *+(00 pounds '550 %"). The Bluefin Tuna is mature at about , years old+ when it has reached a len"th of about 5 feet '*.5 m). Diet$ Bluefin Tuna eat fish+ includin" mac%erel.

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