tunnies

Migrant pelagic include tunnies Thunnus spp., smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata guitarfish Rhinobatos spp., and smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena.

Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania 2009

“But now the cast hath been made and the net hath been widely extended, And in the night the tunnies will dart through the moon-lighted waters.”

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

About the time of hibernation a few tunnies or other hibernating fishes are caught while swimming about, in particularly warm localities and in exceptionally fine weather, or on nights of full moon; for the fishes are induced (by the warmth or the light) to emerge for a while from their lair in quest of food.

The History of Animals 2002

In the spring these tunnies get in motion and proceed towards the coast, coupling and breeding, and the females are now caught full of spawn.

The History of Animals 2002

The more weakly an animal is the greater hurry will it be in to migrate on account of extremes of temperature, either hot or cold; thus the mackerel migrates in advance of the tunnies, and the quail in advance of the cranes.

The History of Animals 2002

Pontus in autumn along with the young tunnies, and enter Pontus in the spring as pelamyds.

The History of Animals 2002

Vermilion-finned and with eyes of bossy gold, the tunnies went by in shoals, but he heeded them not.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

Vermilion-finned and with eyes of bossy gold, the tunnies went by in shoals, but he heeded them not.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

The tunnies, torn and battered against submerged rocks, succumbed not long afterward, as did the squid.

The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

And the tunnies themselves were chasing flying squid, and the squid in their turn had pursued a shoal of silver sardines that had been browsing upon the microscopic organisms of pelagic plankton.

The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981