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Species: Sarda sarda, Atlantic Bonito

D1 XX-XXIII
D1 & 2 close but separate

upper body - many oblique stripes

tongue - no ridges

body all scaled, front corselet of heavy scales

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Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)

Atlantic Bonito

Elongate, a little compressed; no fatty eyelids; top of tongue without cartilaginous crests; jaw teeth conical, large, prominent, 10-30 on each side of each jaw; 16-22 gill rakers; two dorsal fins close together, XX-XXIII (upper profile ~straight) + 13-18; rays; anal 14-17 rays; 7-9 finlets after dorsal fins, 6-8 after anal fins; short, V shaped bony process between pelvic fins; 1 large + 2 small keels on tail base; tail fin deeply forked; lateral line conspicuously wavy; body covered with minute scales, well developed corselet of large scales on front of body.

Top blue-grey, darker on head; belly silver; 5-11 slightly oblique black stripes running along upper back; dorsals dusky, second dorsal white tip; tail dark grey; anal and pelvic white; pectoral grey.

Size: 102 cm; 8.3 kg.

Habitat: coastal surface pelagic.

Depth: 0-200 m.

Tropical and temperate coasts of the Atlantic. Newfoundland to Argentina.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

In & Offshore
Inshore
Offshore

Water Column Position

Mid Water
Near Surface
Surface
Water column only

Habitat

Water column

FishBase Habitat

Pelagic

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Data
Planktivore

Diet

Data
Zooplankton
Bony fishes
Octopus/squid/cuttlefish

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

All species
Greater Caribbean non-endemic
Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)

Regional Endemism

Also in Brazil
Continent
Continent + Island (s)
Extends N + S of GC
Extends North of GC
Extends South of GC
GC non-endemic
Island (s)
All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
Temperate (>35N)
Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

102

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

200

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

Fri 01st Sep, 2023 05:50 pm

Species - Sarda sarda

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

In & Offshore

Inshore

Offshore

Water Column Position

Mid Water

Near Surface

Surface

Water column only

Habitat

Water column

FishBase Habitat

Pelagic

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Data

Planktivore

Diet

Data

Zooplankton

Bony fishes

Octopus/squid/cuttlefish

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species

Greater Caribbean non-endemic

Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)

Regional Endemism

Also in Brazil

Continent

Continent + Island (s)

Extends N + S of GC

Extends North of GC

Extends South of GC

GC non-endemic

Island (s)

All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Temperate (>35N)

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

102

Depth

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

200

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

662

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

10,675,454 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

20.395,-77.62945

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580	28.93	-87.81
581	28.95	-87.01
582	28.95	-87
583	28.95	-78
584	28.95	-66.43
585	28.9555	-95.359
586	28.9583	-79.5833
587	28.96	-87.23
588	28.96	-86.91
589	28.9706	-95.3706
590	29	-87.63
591	29	-87.35
592	29	-87.3
593	29	-87.16
594	29	-80.06
595	29	-78.96
596	29	-77
597	29.01	-87.71
598	29.01	-87.33
599	29.01	-86.98
600	29.05	-87.86
601	29.06	-87.26
602	29.06	-87.08
603	29.1	-87.81
604	29.11	-86.83
605	29.13	-87.61
606	29.13	-87.53
607	29.15	-87
608	29.15	-80.1083
609	29.16	-87
610	29.175	-88.7
611	29.1833	-87.0083
612	29.2	-87.3
613	29.21	-87.23
614	29.23	-87.45
615	29.2417	-87.0167
616	29.25	-87.13
617	29.28	-80.16
618	29.3	-87.03
619	29.35	-87.58
620	29.36	-87.58
621	29.388	-88.38
622	29.3915	-87.952
623	29.4	-88.9
624	29.45	-86.91
625	29.68	-87.46
626	29.6804	-85.3086
627	29.8417	-76.8083
628	29.9409	-85.409
629	29.9667	-86.2333
630	29.98	-79.71
631	30.1471	-85.6625
632	30.1567	-85.672
633	30.23	-81.3
634	30.2809	-88.0946
635	30.3019	-88.0697
636	30.3028	-86.0876
637	30.3805	-86.4991
638	30.403	-86.7723
639	30.71	-80.05
640	30.73	-80.01
641	30.98	-79.3
642	31	-80
643	31	-79.38
644	31	-79.08
645	31.08	-80
646	31.133	-81.261
647	31.1833	-78.9667
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651	31.58	-78.73
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653	31.6833	-80.5667
654	31.75	-78.13
655	31.785	-75.2559
656	31.7917	-79.6583
657	31.8333	-79.5417
658	31.9	-79.16
659	31.98	-80.28
660	31.98	-78.99
661	32	-78.5
662	32.3	-78.61