WoRMS taxon details
Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
127019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127019)
accepted
Species
Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861 · unaccepted
Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · unaccepted
Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · unaccepted
Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · unaccepted
Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 · unaccepted
Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 24 (fig. 6) [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 24 (fig. 6) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127019 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 24 (fig. 6) [details]
original description (of Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879) Collett, R. (1879). Meddelelser om Norges Fiske i Aarene 1875--78. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> (for 1879) No. 1: 1-107, Pls. 1-2.
page(s): 20, Pl. 1 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 24 (fig. 6) [details]
original description (of Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879) Collett, R. (1879). Meddelelser om Norges Fiske i Aarene 1875--78. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> (for 1879) No. 1: 1-107, Pls. 1-2.
page(s): 20, Pl. 1 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | ustribet pelamide | [details] |
| Dutch | ongestreepte bonito | [details] |
| English | plain bonito | [details] |
| French | palomete | [details] |
| Italian | palamita bianca | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ορκυνοπαλαμίδα | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ustripet pelamide | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ustripa pelamide | [details] |
| Spanish | tasarte | [details] |
| Swedish | ostrimmig pelamid | [details] |
| Turkish | ak palamut | [details] |
| Welsh | bonito unlliw | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861)
To Dyntaxa
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase images (Orcynopsis unicolor, Libya, by Meyer, T.)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Orcynopsis unicolor RAD111609-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Orcynopsis unicolor RAD111609-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861)
To Dyntaxa
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase images (Orcynopsis unicolor, Libya, by Meyer, T.)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Orcynopsis unicolor RAD111609-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Orcynopsis unicolor RAD111609-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
