Sarda (fish)
Genus of fishes
| Sarda | |
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| Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Sardini |
| Genus: | Sarda Cuvier, 1829 |
| Species | |
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Sarda is a genus of medium-sized, predatory ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, and belonging to the tribe Sardini, more commonly called the bonito tribe. There are four species which comprise the genus Sarda. One of those species, the Pacific bonito, is further divided into two subspecies.
Species
The following species are included in the genus Sarda:[1]
- Sarda australis Macleay, 1881 (Australian bonito)
- Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832) (Eastern Pacific bonito)
- Sarda lineolata (Girard, 1858) (Pacific bonito)
- Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (Striped bonito)
- Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) (Atlantic bonito)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sarda". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- "Sarda". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
