Skipjack tuna are a highly migratory fish that roams all the world’s oceans in tropical and subtropical zones. They live in large schools and are typically harvested and canned as “light tuna.”
skipjack have a dark purplish-blue back and silver belly with up to six dark bands running from their head to tail. They do not have scales except around its head and running along their lateral line. They have streamlined, torpedo-shaped bodies adapted to fast swimming. With the most pronounced taste of all tropical tunas, skipjack are typically sold as canned light tuna.