Fish of the Sarda genus of the tribe Sardini (Bonitos) of the subfamily Scombrinae of the Scombridae family of the Scombroidei suborder of the Scombriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Atlantic bonito. Photo © Ichthyology Database of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. artedi.nrm.se)
Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda) was first described in 1793 by the German naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-1799).
It is a pelagic schooling species. It often enters deep bays. It inhabits the depths of up to 200 meters. The maximum recorded length is 91,4 cm, specimens up to 50 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 11 kilograms. It feeds on fish, invertebrates, squid, and shrimp.
(Atlantic bonito. Photo © turkishseafoods.com)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda) in other languages as follows:
Palamidi (Albanian), Паламуд (Palamud) (Bulgarian), Bonito (Dutch), Παλαμίδα (Paljamida) (Greek), Sarda (Hebrew), Bonito (Spanish), Palamita (Italian), Pelamide, Atlantischer Bonito (German), Pelamida (Polish), Serra, Sarrajão (Portuguese), Pălămidă (Romanian), Атлантическая пеламида (Atlanticheskaja pelamida) (Russian), Palamida (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Palamut (Turkish), Bonite à dos rayé, Pélamide (French).