Atlantic bonito

Atlantic bonito
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Sarda
Species:
S. sarda
Binomial name
Sarda sarda
(Bloch, 1793)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793
  • Palamita sarda (Bloch, 1793)
  • Pelamis sarda (Bloch, 1793)
  • Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793)
  • Thynnus sardus (Bloch, 1793)
  • Sarda pelamis (Brünnich, 1768)
  • Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Sarda mediterranea (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810
  • Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814
  • Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829
Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda

The Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda) is a large mackerel-like fish of the family Scombridae. It is common in shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea, where it is an important commercial and game fish.

  1. ^ Collette, B.; Amorim, A.; Boustany, A.; Carpenter, K.; Dooley, J.; Fox, W.; Fredou, F.; Fritzsche, R.; Graves, J.; Hazin, F.; Herdson, D.; Juan Jorda, M.J.; Leite, N.; Lessa, R.; Matsuura, K.; Minte-Vera, C.; Nelson, J.; Nelson, R.; Oxenford, H.; Travassos, P. (2011). "Sarda sarda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155096A4703085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T155096A4703085.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Sarda sarda". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarda sarda". FishBase. February 2018 version.