2006-07-19 10:44:51 · 25 answers · asked by reggaekid 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Tuna, sometimes called tunafish, are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus.
Tuna are fast swimmers (they have been measured at 77 km/h (48 mph)) and include several species that are warm-blooded. Unlike most fish species, which have white flesh, the flesh of tuna is pink to dark red. This is because tuna muscle tissue contains greater quantities of myoglobin, an oxygen-binding molecule, than the muscle tissue of most other fish species. Some of the larger tuna species such as the bluefin tuna can raise their blood temperature above the water temperature with muscular activity. This enables them to live in cooler waters and survive a wider range of circumstances.
So, tuna is a fish. For more info, go to the source below.
2006-07-19 10:49:28 · answer #1 · answered by mabelle907 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a large fish that swims in big schools around the world. Only sharks like them better than people do.
By the way, that's why they call it tuna fish...
2006-07-19 10:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by Karl the Webmaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish!
2006-07-19 10:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish.
2006-07-19 10:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by howlettlogan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuna are fish that comes out of the ocean.
2006-07-19 10:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by Just Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely a fish.
2006-07-19 10:47:47 · answer #6 · answered by DIRT MCGIRT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fish
2006-07-19 10:48:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a fish. It does have scales and spawns just like any other fish.
2006-07-19 10:48:24 · answer #8 · answered by mikeae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish... it's a fish... tuna fish.
2006-07-19 10:47:47 · answer #9 · answered by Duds331 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fish.
2006-07-19 10:47:37 · answer #10 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋