Bonito Tuna
Sarda sarda
A striped speedster from the tuna-and-mackerel family.
SeaPals' bonito tuna is the Atlantic bonito, a compact relative of tuna and mackerel. It races in schools through Atlantic and Mediterranean waters after small fish.
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Open Ocean Deck
Includes 1 card featuring Bonito Tuna.
Quick dive
Creature passport
- Home
- Atlantic bonito use warm and temperate coastal waters of the Atlantic and nearby seas.
- Favorite foods
- They swallow small schooling fishes such as mackerel, menhaden, and sand lance.
- Size check
- Up to about 3 ft (90 cm)—baseball-bat length
Tell-your-friends facts
Four wonderfully wild things
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Dark diagonal stripes run along the upper back rather than the belly.
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Bonito have small sharp teeth, unlike many similarly shaped tuna.
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They must swallow prey whole because their jaws are built for grabbing, not chewing.
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Larger tuna, marlin, wahoo, and sharks hunt Atlantic bonito.
Ocean superpower
Built to be amazing
A torpedo body and stabilizing finlets support rapid, sustained pursuit.
Junior scientist tip
What should I look for?
Find several dark slanting stripes across a blue-green back.
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