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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'.
The shortfin mako shark (/ ˈ m ɑː k oʊ ˌ ˈ m eɪ-/; Māori: /ˈmaːko/; Isurus oxyrinchus), also known as the shortfin mako, blue pointer, or bonito shark, is a large mackerel shark. It is commonly referred to as the mako shark, as is the longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus). The fastest known shark species, able to reach speeds of 74 km/h ...
The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies. All species are in the subfamily Scombrinae, except the butterfly kingfish, which is the sole member of subfamily Gasterochismatinae. [1]
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.
Packed full of color, character, and intrigue, these easy-to-look-after under-the-water creatures still require all the basic usual fish care — like the best fish food, a strict cleaning ...
Seriola dorsalis, the California yellowtail is a species of ray-finned fish of the family Carangidae. [2] This species is also known by several alternate names, such as yellowtail jack [ 3 ] amberjack, forktail, mossback, white salmon and yellowtail tunis or tuna [ 4 ] or by its Spanish name jurel.
A yellowtail may be any of several different species of fish. Most commonly the yellowtail amberjack Seriola lalandi is meant. In the context of sushi, yellowtail usually refers to the Japanese amberjack, Seriola quinqueradiata. Other species called simply "yellowtail" include: Atlantic bumper, Chloroscombrus chrysurus
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]