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Created 9/14/2025

Family Tonnidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Tonna lischkeana



Hawaii. @ Padgett Carpenter

LISCHKE'S TUN

Uncommon in Hawaii, hermit crabbed shells have been trapped deeper than 80 feet.  Attains 8.5 inches, 215 mm.  East Africa to Japan, Fiji, and Hawaii.  Related to, and formerly known in Hawaii as Tonna dolium.