Sarda (fish)

Sarda
Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Tribe:	Sardini
Genus:	Sarda Cuvier, 1829
Species
S. australis – Australian bonito S. chiliensis – Eastern Pacific bonito S. lineolata - 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

The following species are included in the genus Sarda:

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

References

• "Sarda". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 October 2012.