Least ConcernSkipjack
Katsuwonus pelamis
56 countries4 parks222 dive sites
Species group · Bony fish
WAnimals has 2 species of bonito, in the family Scombridae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 104 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It is the world's most heavily caught tuna by volume, and the one that goes into most tins of light tuna.
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It is short-lived for a tuna: it lives no more than twelve years, compared with forty for the bluefin tuna. That makes its populations respond quickly to fishing, for better and for worse.
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In tropical waters mature females spawn almost daily.
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It eats shoaling pelagic fish such as mackerel, sardine and anchovy, along with squid.
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It lives in temperate and subtropical epipelagic coastal waters of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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It releases between 400,000 and 500,000 eggs in open water over the summer.
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