| Atlantic Bonito - (Sarda sarda) | ||
| Maximum weight: | 25lbs |
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| I.G.F.A. record: | 18 lbs.on 4 ounces | |
| Temperature range: | 12°C to 27°C
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| Identifying features: | The mouth is moderately large. Body completely covered with very small scales posterior to the corselet. Swim bladder absent. Spleen large. Liver with elongate left and right lobe and short middle lobe. Oblique dorsal stripes with a greater angle than in other species of Sarda. | |
| Typical location: | Depth range 0 - 200 m. Able to adapt to different temperatures 12° to 27°C. Epipelagic, neritic and schooling species that may enter estuaries. Known to be cannibalistic, adults prey on small schooling fishes, invertebrates like squid and shrimps and can swallow relatively large prey. | |