Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839). Bigeye Tuna. To 236 cm (7.7 ft) FL (Kurt Schaefer, pers. comm. to M.L.). The 250 cm (8.2 ft) TL record of Nakamura in Masuda et al. (1984) is likely in error (Kurt Schaefer, pers. comm.). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Collette and Nauen 1983), and southern Kuril Islands (Parin 2003); Iron Springs, central Washington (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Islas Galápagos (Miller and Lea 1972); apparently not in Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). Oceanic epipelagic and mesopelagic; depth: surface to 1,902 m (6,239 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Schaefer and Fuller 2010).