simile international importance: Thunnus thynnus, T. obesus, T. alalunga
fishing season: All year, especially in the second semesters.
Geographic location: Its distribution ranges from 32° 43'N and 37° 00' S in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
habitat and biology: It lives in oceanic waters, it is an epipelagic species, from the surface to 100 m depth and in temperatures between 18 ° C and 31 ° C. It generates all year round. It feeds on fish and crustaceans, cephalopods such as crabs (euphylax dovii).
Size: Its length is 130 cm average (TL), in artisanal fishing, specimens of up to 67 kg predominate..