What is Skipjack tuna?
{{Speciesbox | name = Skipjack tuna | image = Katsuwonus pelamis.png | image2= Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in a Philippine fish market.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref=<ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author1 = Collette, B. | author2 = Acero, A. | author3 = Amorim, A.F. | author4 = Boustany, A. | author5 = Canales Ramirez, C. | author6 = Cardenas, G. | author7 = Carpenter, K.E. | author8 = de Oliveira Leite Jr., N. | author9 = Di Natale, A. | author10 = Fox, W. | author11 = Fredou, F.L. | author12 = Graves, J. | author13 = Guzman-Mora, A. | author14 = Viera Hazin, F.H. | author15 = Juan Jorda, M. | author16 = Kada, O. | author17 = Minte Vera, C. | author18 = Miyabe, N. | author19 = Montano Cruz, R. | author20 = Nelson, R. | author21 = Oxenford, H. | author22 = Salas, E. | author23 = Schaefer, K. | author24 = Serra, R. | author25 = Sun, C. | author26 = Teixeira Lessa, R.P. | author27 = Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. | author28 = Uozumi, Y. | author29 = Yanez, E. | display-authors = 3 | year = 2011 | title = ''Katsuwonus pelamis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2011 | page = e.T170310A6739812 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170310A6739812.en }}</ref> | taxon = Katsuwonus pelamis | display_parents=3 | parent_authority = Kishinouye, 1915 | range_map = | range_map_caption = | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])<!--not visible?--> | synonyms= * ''Euthynnus pelamis'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Katsuwonus vagans'' <small>(Lesson, 1829)</small> * ''Scomber pelamys'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> * ''Scomber pelamis'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> * ''Thynnus vagans'' <small>Lesson, 1829</small> }} The '''skipjack tuna''' (''Katsuwonus pelamis'') is a [[fish]] in the [[tuna]] family. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{wikispecies-inline|Katsuwonus pelamis}} *{{commonscat-inline}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q633957}} [[Category:Scombriformes]] {{biology-stub}}