Gray Taxidermy - Blackfin Tuna Fish Mount

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Blackfin Tuna (Thunnus Atlanticus) are one of the smallest versions of the tuna family, but on light tackle will give an angler a test of skill. Pack hunters, Black fin Tuna are found in schools in warmer ocean waters. The Blackfin Tuna has a bluish-black back with gray to silver sides and a white belly. As one of the smaller tuna species, the Blackfin Tuna has a robust, fusiform body, with small, compact scales fully covering the body. A Blackfin Tuna can get to a size of 40 inches in length and 46 pounds in weight.

The Blackfin Tuna normally caught by sport fishermen have an average size of approximately 19 to 28 inches , and weight ranging from 7 to 30 pounds. Pectoral fins are somewhat long, reaching below the origin of the second dorsal fin. These fish are highly migratory species and are found in tropical and temperate oceanic waters often not far from the coast line. Common in the western Atlantic from Brazil to Cape Cod. The Blackfin tuna form large mixed schools along with the skipjack tuna. Its spawning grounds are located well offshore.

This tuna feeds on various fish, squid, shrimp, and crabs and often in surface waters. The Blackfin Tuna may live past 5 years of age. Live or rigged baitfish would be the best natural bait, while spoons, jigs, streamers and plugs make for the preferred artificial bait.

A Blackfin Tuna fish mount from Gray Taxidermy, the World's Largest Marine Taxidermy and producer of fish mounts, is made from a mold of a real fish, which makes our Blackfin Tuna fish mount, the finest reproduction available.
Black Fin Tuna fish mount