Species group · Bony fish
Bonitos
WAnimals has 2 species of bonito, all in the family Scombridae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 104 countries
- 38 parks
- Weight
- 11 kg – 19 kg
- Length
- 91.4 cm – 1.1 m
- Lifespan
- 5 – 12 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of bonitos on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 104 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Banc d'Arguin2 species
- Al Hoceima1 species
- Albufera de Valencia1 species
- Alonissos y Esporadas del Norte1 species
- Archipielago de Cabrera1 species
- Arcipelago Toscano1 species
- Arrábida1 species
- Asinara1 species
- Beydağları1 species
- Brijuni1 species
- Cabo de Gata-Níjar1 species
- Calanques1 species
- Boa Vistadiving
- Cabo Verde (Isla de Sal)diving
- Sal Rei (Boa Vista)diving
- Agincourt Reefsdiving
- Aitutakidiving
- Alor Archipelagodiving
Did you know…
It is the world's most heavily caught tuna by volume, and the one that goes into most tins of light tuna.
From Skipjack
It is short-lived for a tuna: it does not get past twelve years, against the forty of the bluefin tuna. That makes its populations respond quickly to fishing, for better and for worse.
From Skipjack
In tropical waters mature females spawn almost daily.
From Skipjack
It eats shoaling pelagic fish such as mackerel, sardine and anchovy, along with squid.
From Atlantic Bonito
It lives in temperate and subtropical epipelagic coastal waters of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
From Atlantic Bonito
It releases between 400,000 and 500,000 eggs in open water over the summer.
From Atlantic Bonito