Thyrsites atun

angolBody elongate and strongly compressed. Lateral line single, running close to the upper contour of the body below most of the first dorsal-fin base then abruptly curving ventrally. Body is dark blue, slightly paler on belly; first dorsal fin membrane black (Ref. 6181).

• Thyrsites chilensis Cuvier, 1832
• Scomber atun Euphrasen, 1791
• Leionura atun dentatus (Forster, 1801)
• Scomber splendens Richardson, 1843
• Scomber dentatus Forster, 1801
• Scomber lanceolatus Cuvier, 1832
• Thyrsites altivelis Richardson, 1839
• Leionura atun (Euphrasen, 1791)
• Scomber dentex Forster, 1843