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Species catalogue
Ono
Order
Perciformes
Family
Scombridae
Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Very elongate, fusiform, slightly compressed; snout long, pointed; rear of top jaw bone hidden; teeth strong, compressed, triangular; no gill rakers; 1st dorsal fin with long base; 2nd dorsal with 8-9 finlets behind; anal fin with 9 finlets behind; 1 large + 2 small keels on tail base; 1 lateral line; corselet of scales indistinct. Iridescent bluish green on back; sides silvery with 24-30 cobalt-blue bars, some doubled or "Y"-shaped. Size: reaches 250 cm; all- tackle world record 83 Kg.
Characteristics
FAO code
WAH
WAH
Specie
Acanthocybium solandri
Acanthocybium solandri
Type
Blue fish
Blue fish
FAO Fishing Areas
- Area 31: the Western part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
- Area 41: the Southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 47: the Southeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 51: the Western part of the Indian Ocean
- Area 57: the Eastern part of the Indian Ocean
- Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 71: the Western Central part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 77: the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 81: the Southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 87: the Southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
Fishing seasons
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International denominations
Germany
Peto
France
Thazard bâtard
Italy
Maccarello striato
Portugal
Cavala da India
United Kingdom
Ono
Japan
Kamasu-sawara
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