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]
Plain bonito | |
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Plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: | Sardini |
Genus: | Orcynopsis Gill, 1862 |
Species: | O. unicolor
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Binomial name | |
Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
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Synonyms[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]
References
edit- ^ Collette, B.; Boustany, A.; Carpenter, K.E.; et al. (2011). "Orcynopsis unicolor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170319A6746129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170319A6746129.en.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Orcynopsis unicolor". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ "Orcynopsis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Orcynopsis unicolor". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Fishes of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean