Sarda (fish)

Sarda
Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Scombridae
Tribe:	Sardini
Genus:	Sarda Cuvier, 1829
Species
S. australis – Australian bonito S. chiliensis – Pacific bonito S. orientalis – Striped bonito S. sarda – Atlantic bonito

Sarda is a genus of medium-sized, predatory ray-finned bony fish in the Scombridae family, and belonging to the tribe Sardini, more commonly called the Bonito tribe. There are four species which comprise the Sarda genus. One of those species, the Pacific bonito, is further divided into two subspecies.

Species

• Australian bonito, Sarda australis (Macleay, 1881).
• Pacific Bonito, Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832).
  • Eastern Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832).
  • Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis lineolata (Girard, 1858).
• Striped bonito, Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844).
• Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793).

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Sarda in FishBase. October 2012 version.
• "Sarda". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 October 2012.