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Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis)
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Scombridae

Pacific bonito

Sarda chiliensis

Scombrid Fish of Mexican Waters

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Sarda chiliensis, the eastern Pacific bonito, is a marine species of bonito. It ranges from Ecuador to Chile. Sarda lineolata, which ranges from Alaska to Mexico was formerly considered a subspecies, as Sarda chiliensis lineolata, but this treatment renders the species geographically disjunct.

Genus
Sarda
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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