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Orcynopsis unicolor

Plain bonito
Plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Subfamily: Scombrinae
Tribe: Sardini
Genus: Orcynopsis
Gill, 1862
Species:
O. unicolor
Binomial name
Orcynopsis unicolor
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
  • Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
  • Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
  • Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
  • Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847
  • Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861
  • Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879

Orcynopsis unicolor, the plain bonito, is a species of ray-finned, bony fish in the bonito tribe of the mackerel family (Scombridae).[3][4] It occurs in the eastern Atlantic from southern Norway, where it is a vagrant, to Senegal, although it is not found in the seas around the Macaronesian Islands. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea and extends to the Black Sea.[2]

This fish is classified into the genus Orcynopsis, which is a monotypic taxon, having only this single species in its membership. It grows to four feet, and thirty pounds.[5]


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