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The fish's name comes from the Portuguese and Spanish bonito (there's no evidence of the origin of the name), identical to the adjective meaning 'pretty'. However, the noun referring to the fish seems to come from the low and medieval Latin form boniton, a word with a strange structure and an obscure origin, related to the word byza, a possible borrowing from the Greek βῦζα, 'owl'.
Bonito is a popular food fish in the Mediterranean; its flesh is similar to tuna and mackerel, and its size is intermediate between the two. [6] Bonito under 1 kg (2.2 lb) or so (called palamut ~ паламуд in Bulgarian) are often grilled as steaks. Larger bonito (torik in Turkish) are cut into steaks and preserved as lakerda. [6]
The little tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus), also known as the bacora, little tuna, bonita, or erroneously as the blue bonito, is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae.It can be found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black seas; in the western Atlantic, it ranges from Brazil to the New England states.
It is also known as katsuo, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna or victor fish. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft) in length. It is a cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. It is a very important species for fisheries. [2] It is also the namesake of the USS Skipjack.
It is also known as bonito flakes or broadly as okaka (おかか). Shaved katsuobushi and dried kelp — kombu —are the main ingredients of dashi , a broth that forms the basis of many soups (such as miso ) and sauces (such as soba no tsukejiru ) in Japanese cuisine .
Pacific bonito have an average lifespan of 6-8 years in the wild. [12] Pacific bonito males reach sexual maturity at one year old whereas it takes females to 3 years to reach sexual maturity. [ 5 ] This species has been observed performing some courtship behavior and has been observed releasing gametes simultaneously after swimming together in ...
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The Australian bonito, horse mackerel or little bonito, Sarda australis is a ray-finned fish of the family Scombridae and is found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.They swim at depths reaching depths of approximately 30 m (98 ft), in open water.