Species details : Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Accepted scientific name:
Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Orcynopsis unicolor  (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Synonyms:
Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861
Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847
Cybium veranyi (non Döderlein, 1872) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Cybium veranyi (non Döderlein, 1872)
Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Iril - Arabic, Hassaniya Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Ustribet pelamide - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Boniter - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Bonito - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Bonito - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Plain bonito - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Plain bonito - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Juovaton sarda - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Salomon - Fon GBE Benin Click here to show the literature
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Bonite plate - French Algeria Click here to show the literature
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Palomète - French Algeria Click here to show the literature
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Palomète - French France Click here to show the literature
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Palomète - French Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Palomète - French Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Palomette - French France Click here to show the literature
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Palomette - French Morocco Click here to show the literature
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Bonito - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Einfarb-Pelamide - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Ungestreifter Pelamide - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Palamita bianca - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
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Palamitu - Italian Italy(Sicily) Click here to show the literature
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Plamtu bla rigi - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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平鰹 Ping jian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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平鲣 Ping jian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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扁金枪鱼 Bian jin qiang yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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扁金槍魚 Bian jin ciang yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Orkinopalamida - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Palamida monóchromi - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Γκόφος Gkofos Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Κοπάνι Kopani Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Μαγιάτικος Magiatikos Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Ορκυνοπαλαμίδα Orkynopalamida Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Ustripet pelamide - Norwegian Norway Click here to show the literature
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Orcyn - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Palmeta - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Palometa - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Palamida argintie - Romanian Romania Click here to show the literature
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Palometa - Romanian Romania Click here to show the literature
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Odnotsvetnyj bonito - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Odnotsvetnyj tunets - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Palometa - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Pastirica atlantska - Serbian Serbia and Montenegro Click here to show the literature
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Tasarte - Spanish Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Tasarte - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Tasarte ojon - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Makréni - Susu Guinea(Conakry, Guinea (Ref. 28012).) Click here to show the literature
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Ostrimmad pelamid - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Ostrimmig pelamid - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Akpalamut balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Sipon - Wolof Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Sipon - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Scombridae FishBase
Genus Orcynopsis FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Oslo, Norway south to Dakar, Senegal but the range is centered in the southern Mediterranean Sea. Not known from Madeira, the Canary Islands or Cape Verde.
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=108
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9f4746-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401