Tuna Gallery

Yellowfin tuna

Yellowfin tuna. School of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). This fish is found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world. It is hunted for sport and as food, to be sold mainly in the form of canned tuna or Japanese sashimi. It is identified by the yellow colour of dorsal and anal fins. Yellowfin tuna can grow up to 239 centimetres in length and weigh 200 kilograms. Photographed in Mexico

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Tall yellow eye, Xyris operculata

Tall yellow eye, Xyris operculata, Siride coperchiata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Corsi, drawn and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century

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Palermo fishermen carrying in triumph the first tuna caught at the opening of the fishery

XEE4151910 Palermo fishermen carrying in triumph the first tuna caught at the opening of the fishery. Sicily, Italy, 1861. Engraving in " Le Monde IllustrA©" nA°213 of 11 May 1861. by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Palermo fishermen carrying in triumph the first tuna caught at the opening of the fishery. Sicily, Italy, 1861. Engraving in " Le Monde IllustrA©" nA°213 of 11 May 1861.); Stefano Bianchetti; French, out of copyright

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