Orcynopsis unicolor: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Scombridae
Genus
Orcynopsis
Species
Orcynopsis unicolor
Scientific Name
Orcynopsis unicolor

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Orcynopsis unicolor

Orcynopsis unicolor, the plain bonito, is a species of ray-finned, bony fish in the bonito tribe of the mackerel family (Scombridae). 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.

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.


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Orcynopsis unicolor in languages:

Chinese
平鰹
Croatian
Pastirica atlantska
Czech
tuňák jednobarvý
Danish
Ustribet pelamide
English
Plain Bonito
French
Bonite Palomette
German
Ungestreifter Pelamide
Russian
Одноцветный бонито
Swedish
ostrimmig pelamid

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