Pacific bonito (Sarda lineolata) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Sarda lineolata · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 102 cm
The Pacific bonito is a pelagic neritic scombrid and an inshore species that forms schools by size. It feeds on a variety of small schooling fishes, squids and shrimps, and it is an important food fish. Maximum length is about 102 cm fork length. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, with a low price category. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 49 of 100 and resilience medium, and climate vulnerability is high to very high at 75 of 100; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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