The Most Expensive Tuna in the World
The most expensive tuna is $736000. A huge bluefin tuna fetched a record at the year’s first auction at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market. The record for the most expensive tuna fish was set by a single blue-fin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), weighing 342 kg (754 lb), which was sold at an auction in the Tsukji fish market in Tokyo, Japan, on 5 January 2011, where it raised 34.49 million Yen ($420,000).
The Most Expensive Tuna in the World
The 269-kilogram tuna, the largest among the 274 shipped in from around the world, valued at 210,000 yen per kilogram, will be sold to Sushi Zanmai, a major sushi-restaurant chain in the country. The Most expensive tuna fish in the world was caught off Oma, in Aomori prefecture and just north of the tsunami-battered coast.
The Most Expensive Tuna in the World
Tuna are a group of ocean fishes from the family Scombridae, particularly of the genus Thunnus. Tuna are fast swimmers, and some species are capable of speeds of 70 km/h (43 mph). Unlike most fish, which have white flesh, the muscle tissue of tuna ranges from pink to dark red. The red coloration derives from myoglobin, an oxygen-binding molecule, which tuna express in quantities far higher than most other fish. Some larger tuna species, such as bluefin tuna, display some warm-blooded adaptations, and can raise their body temperatures above water temperatures by means of muscular activity.
The Most Expensive Tuna in the World
The winning bidder, Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co., which operates the Sushi-Zanmai restaurant chain, said he wanted to give Japan a boost after last March’s devastating tsunami with this most expensive tuna.
