Orcynopsis unicolor
Species of fish
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Orcynopsis unicolor, the plain bonito, is a species of ray-finned, bony fish in the bonito tribe of the mackerel family (Scombridae).[3][4] It occurs in the eastern Atlantic from southern Norway, where it is a vagrant, to Senegal, although it is not found in the seas around the Macaronesian Islands. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea and extends to the Black Sea.[2]
| Plain bonito | |
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| Plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
| Tribe: | Sardini |
| Genus: | Orcynopsis Gill, 1862 |
| Species: | O. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
This fish is classified into the genus Orcynopsis, which is a monotypic taxon, having only this single species in its membership. It grows to 130 cm (4 ft), and 13.1 kg (29 lb).[5]
