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Pacific bonito
Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Elongated and rounded body; no fatty eyelids; top of tongue without cartilaginous crests; jaw teeth conical, large, prominent, 10-30 on each side of each jaw; two dorsal fins close together, 6-8 finlets after dorsal and anal fins; tail base with 2 small keels separated by third larger keel; well developed corselet of large scales on front of body. Top blue-grey, darker on head; belly silver; 5-6 slightly oblique black stripes running along upper back; dorsals dusky, second dorsal white tip; tail dark grey; anal and pelvic white; pectoral grey. It can reach up to 1.02 m in length, while its weight could reach 11.3 kg.
BEP
Sarda chiliensis
Blue fish
- Area 67: the Northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 87: the Southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
