Sarda sarda

Sarda sarda
Atlantic Bonito – Sarda sarda
FamilyScientific NameAuthorYearCommon Name
ScombridaeSarda sarda(Bloch)1793Atlantic Bonito

Sarda sarda

Unique Characters: Two small keels and a large median keel between them on either side of caudal peduncle. 7-10 dorsal and 7-10 anal finlets. Adipose eyelids absent. Teeth in jaws slender, conical, hardly compressed. Corselet of scales well developed. Upper surface of tongue without cartilaginous longitudinal ridges. 5-10 narrow, longitudinal stripes on upper part of body. 20-23 spines in first dorsal fin.

Similar Species: None.

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