Atlantic Bonito
Sarda sarda

f10 @ 1/100s, ISO:80, Olympus Stylus Tough, 5mm

"Atlantic Bonito," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Atlantic bonito is a large mackerel-like fish of the family Scombridae. It is common in shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea, where it is an important commercial and game fish. Atlantic bonito belong to a group which have the dorsal fins very near, or separated by a narrow interspace. Its body is completely scaled, with those scales in the pectoral fin area and the lateral line usually larger in size. Bonitos (fishes in the genus Sarda) differ from tuna by their compressed bodies, their lack of teeth on the roof of the mouth, and certain differences in coloration.

South of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

08/31/2017