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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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Orcynopsis unicolor". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ^ "Orcynopsis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Orcynopsis unicolor". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. ^ Fishes of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean

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