Striped bonito
| Striped bonito | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Sardini |
| Genus: | Sarda |
| Species: | S. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | |
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The Striped Bonito (Sarda orientalis) is a species of marine perciform fish. They have been recorded at lengths of 102 centimetres (40 in), though they are commonly no longer than 55 centimetres (22 in). Distributed through the Indo-Pacific and East Pacific, the striped bonito is known to occur at depths from 1 to 167 metres (3 ft 3 in to 547 ft 11 in).[1] They are called Mackerel Bonito.
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Sarda orientalis" in FishBase. March 2010 version.
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