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Bonito
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see mackerel.
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Mackerel - common name for members of the family Scombridae, 60 species of open-sea fishes, including the albacore, bonito, and tuna.
Bonito
For the comune in Italy, see Bonito_(Comune).
Bonito is a name given to various species of medium-sized, predatory fish of the genus Sarda, in the mackerel family, ...
Bonito
Bonitos is tunas. Which tuna-type (en), however, "Bonito" can call themselves rightly, some confusion rules it. Zoologically, it is seen in the German...
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BONITO
Bonito is another name for the short finned mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), which has a conical snout and long gill slits. It is the fastest swimming fish.
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An Australian Bonito caught at Cabbage Tree Island
An Australian Burrfish trawled during the NORFANZ expedition
An Australian Cownose Ray caught near Wattamolla
An Australian Damsel at North West Solitary Island ...
Other Names Grindle, Dogfish, Grinnel, Cypress Trout, Mud Fish Description Amia is a Greek name for an unidentified fish, probably the bonito, and calva is Latin meaning "smooth," referring perhaps to the fish's scaleless head.
The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810), aka mako, shortfin, short-finned mako, blue pointer, mackerel shark, blue dynamite, bonito, spriglio, paloma—is a truly beautiful animal.
MACKEREL, pelagic fishes, belonging to a small family, Scombridae, of which the tunny, bonito, albacore, and a few other tropical genera are members.
Diet: schooling fish (herring, pilchard, anchovies, nocturnal hake, sardines, bonito, sauries), squid, octopus
Gestation Period: 10 to 12 months
Age at Sexual Maturity: 12 to 15 years
Number of Offspring: usually 1 ...
Diet
The shortfin mako feeds mainly upon bony fishes including mackerels, tunas, bonitos and swordfish, but may also eat other sharks, porpoises and sea turtles.
This family includes members of the Mackerel, Jack, Bonito and Tuna species. They are also referred to as the Common, American or Boston mackerel, Maquereau Bleu(fr.), while immature or young fish are often called Tinkers.
SUBORDER SCOMBROIDEI
snake mackerels, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, swordfishes, billfishes, marlins, mackerels, tunas, bonitos
SUBORDER STROMATEOIDEI
amarsipids, medusafishes, flotsamfishes, ariommatids, squaretails, butterfishes ...
A Little Known Fact
Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
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Great Potoo at Pico Bonito
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the Preserve’s reputation as a jaguar sanctuary, the animals are rarely seen; however, you can easily spot jaguars at the Belize Zoo, which is situated not far from Belize City. Jaguars can be seen in the wild in Belize at the Pico Bonito ...
to w. Brazil (Rio Madeira).
(4) Ne. Brazil s. of the Amazon from Rio Solimoes, Rio Purus and Rio Tapajos e. to e. Para.
(5) Se. Brazil (e. Bahia (Chapada Diamantina, Lencois, Palmeiras, and Bonito)).
Yet the Fish Hawk never attempted to pursue any of them while above the surface, but would plunge after one of them or a bonito-fish, after they had resumed their usual mode of swimming near the surface.
 See also: Tuna, Herring, Albacore, Shark, Perch
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