Bonito
Bonito | |
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Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: | Sardini Jordan and Evermann, 1896 |
Genera | |
Bonitos are a
Etymology
The fish's name comes from the Portuguese and Spanish bonito (there's no evidence of the origin of the name), identical to the adjective meaning 'pretty'. However, the noun referring to the fish seems to come from the low and medieval Latin form boniton, a word with a strange structure and an obscure origin, related to the word byza, a possible borrowing from the Greek βῦζα, 'owl'.[2][3][4]
Species
- Genus Sarda (Cuvier, 1832)
- Australian bonito, S. australis (Macleay, 1881)
- Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832)
- Eastern Pacific bonito, S. c. chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832)
- Pacific bonito, S. c. lineolata (Girard, 1858)
- Striped bonito, S. orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
- Atlantic bonito, S. sarda (Bloch, 1793)
- Genus Cybiosarda (Whitley, 1935)
- Leaping bonito, C. elegans (Whitley, 1935)
- Genus Gill, 1862
- Dogtooth tuna, G. unicolor (Rüppell, 1836)
- Genus OrcynopsisGill, 1862
- Plain bonito, O. unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
As food
Pacific and Atlantic bonito meat has a firm texture and a darkish color, as well as a moderate fat content. The meat of young or small bonito can be of light color, close to that of skipjack tuna, and is sometimes used as a cheap substitute for skipjack, especially for canning purposes, and occasionally in the production of cheap varieties of katsuobushi that are sold as bonito flakes.[5] Bonito may not, however, be marketed as tuna in all countries. The Atlantic bonito is also found in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, where it is a popular food fish, eaten grilled, pickled (lakerda), or baked.[6][7]
See also
- Other fish sometimes called "bonito" include skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis
References
Citations
- ^ "Sardini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2018, s.v.
- National Centre for Textual and Lexical Resources]
- ^ "BONITO". Etimologías de Chile - Diccionario que explica el origen de las palabras (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Katsuobushi: Dried Bonito Flakes. Japanese Cooking 101. https://www.japanesecooking101.com/dried-bonito-flakes/. Accessed Sept 2019
- ISSN 1054-3139.
- ^ "AGE AND GROWTH OF ATLANTIC BONITO (SARDA SARDA) IN WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA" (PDF). Sci. Pap. ICCAT, 62(5): 1649-1658 (2008).
Sources
- "Sardini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 October 2012.