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Updated 1/8/2025

Family Tonnidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Tonna perdix

Juvenile, Makapu'u, Oahu

 

Tug Pier, Midway, 25 feet

 

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

Makapu'u, Oahu

PARTRIDGE TUN

Live animals are uncommon on shallow reefs at night.  Dead shells are commonly occupied by hermit crabs and sea anemones.  Attains 8.9 inches, 227 mm.  Red Sea to Hawaii and the Galapagos.  Replaced by Tonna maculosa in the Atlantic.