Regional endothermy, the conservation of metabolic heat by vascular countercurrent heat
exchangers to elevate the temperature of the slow-twitch locomotor muscle, eyes and brain …

Elasmobranchs and bony fishes have evolved independently for more than 400 million
years. However, two Recent groups, the lamnid sharks (Family Lamnidae) and tunas (Family …

Two hundred and seven species of fish, mostly Australian marine fish, were sequenced
(barcoded) for a 655 bp region of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene …

The mislabelling of fishery products has emerged as a serious problem on global markets,
raising the need for the development of analytical tools for species authentication. DNA …

Comparative phylogeography has revealed remarkable patterns of concordance in the
maternal phylogenies of many species. The phylogeography and historical demography of …

Thunniform swimming, the capacity to conserve metabolic heat in red muscle and other
body regions (regional endothermy), an elevated metabolic rate and other physiological rate …

Publisher Summary This chapter elaborates the systematics of tunas and mackerels
(Scombridae). The Scombridae is a family of 1.5 genera and about 50 species of epipelagic …

Background Tuna species of the genus Thunnus, such as the bluefin tunas, are some of the
most important and yet most endangered trade fish in the world. Identification of these …

Background Yellowfin and skipjack tuna are globally distributed in the world's tropical and
sub-tropical oceans. Since little, if any, migration of these fishes occurs between the Atlantic …

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) have distinctive depth distributions and vertical movement
patterns. They remain in the uniformed temperature surface layer at night and can descend …