Common names: bonito (English), bonito (Espanol)
Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832)
Eastern-Pacific bonito
Elongate, rounded; no fatty eyelids; top of tongue without cartilaginous crests; jaw teeth conical, large, prominent, 10-30 on each side of each jaw; 23-27 gill rakers; two dorsal fins close together, 1st XVII-XIX spines; 6-8 finlets after dorsal and anal fins; tail base with 2 small keels separated by third larger keel; well developed corselet of large scales on front of body.
Top blue-grey, darker on head; belly silver; ~ 5-6 slightly oblique black stripes running along upper back; dorsals dusky, second dorsal white tip; tail dark grey; anal and pelvic white; pectoral grey.
Size: 122 cm.
Habitat: coastal surface pelagic.
Depth: 0-110 m.
Two subspecies are recognized: S. c. lineolata occurs from Alaska to the tip of Baja California and the SW Gulf of California. and the Revillagigedo Islands. S. c. chiliensis occurs from Ecuador to Chile. |
