A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.
any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis, syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea, also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes.
The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.
a sleek, fast-swimming fish in the tuna family.
Migratory fish. Oily with quite a lot of blood. A long, round body (almost cylindrical) with a pointy snout. The back is blue-black in color and the belly is off-white. There are dark, horizontal lines along its sides. It sometimes weighs over 1.3 kilos. The bonito resembles tunny. They can be told apart by their different snouts and the different directions in which their side markings run – tunny have a shorter snout and dark lines that run diagonally from the back to the belly.
Large fish from the same family as tuna and mackerel. Bonito is an oily fish and is prepared in the same way as tuna.
Large a oily fish fish from the same family as tuna and mackerel.
flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna
fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
also known as skipjack tuna. see katsuo.
English word, for the Japanese katsuo
Bonito is another name for the short finned mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), which has a conical snout and long gill slits. It is the fastest swimming fish.