WoRMS taxon details
Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)
127021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127021)
accepted
Species
Palamita sarda (Bloch, 1793) · unaccepted
Pelamis sarda (Bloch, 1793) · unaccepted
Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793) · unaccepted
Sarda mediterranea (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (also new combination of a nomen novum)
Sarda pelamis (Brünnich, 1768) · unaccepted > junior homonym (new combination)
Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted > superseded combination (of a nomen novum)
Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Scomber pelamis Brünnich, 1768 · unaccepted > junior homonym (primary homonym of Scomber...)
primary homonym of Scomber pelamis Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted
Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793 · unaccepted
Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Thynnus sardus (Bloch, 1793) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Sarda sarda chilensis (Cuvier, 1832) accepted as Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832) (misspelling)
- Subspecies Sarda sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832) accepted as Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 44, Pl. 334 [details]
page(s): 44, Pl. 334 [details]
Description Occurs in water temperatures between 12° to 27°C and salinities between 14 and 39 0/00 S. Often forms schools near the...
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico
Description Occurs in water temperatures between 12° to 27°C and salinities between 14 and 39 0/00 S. Often forms schools near the surface in inshore waters. Known to be cannibalistic, adults prey on small schooling fishes, invertebrates like squid and shrimps and can swallow relatively large prey. Utilized fresh, dried/salted, smoked, canned and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127021 on 2026-09-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 44, Pl. 334 [details]
original description (of Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 198 [details]
original description (of Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29102052
page(s): 217 [details]
original description (of Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 44, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [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]
page(s): 44, Pl. 334 [details]
original description (of Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 198 [details]
original description (of Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29102052
page(s): 217 [details]
original description (of Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 44, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 44 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 44 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in water temperatures between 12° to 27°C and salinities between 14 and 39 0/00 S. Often forms schools near the surface in inshore waters. Known to be cannibalistic, adults prey on small schooling fishes, invertebrates like squid and shrimps and can swallow relatively large prey. Utilized fresh, dried/salted, smoked, canned and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]Diet Feeds on fishes and invertebrates including squids and shrimps, cannibalistic [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Habitat Pelagic species, found at depths of 80- 200 m, may enter estuaries. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Importance Social- Highly commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Wahoo, cannibalism [details]
Remark Type species of genus <111>. Authority (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831) in <130>. [details]
Reproduction External fertilization, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | palamitipalamidi | [details] |
| Basque | lanpo haginzorrotzegalushe | [details] |
| Catalan | bonítol | [details] |
| Danish | rygstribet pelamide | [details] |
| Dutch | bonitoAtlantische bonitoAtlantische boniter | [details] |
| English | bonitoAtlantic bonito | [details] |
| Finnish | sarda | [details] |
| French | pélamidebonite à dos rayébonite à dos rayé | [details] |
| Galician | bonito | [details] |
| German | unechter BonitoPelamideAtlantischer Pelamide | [details] |
| Hebrew | בוניטו אטלנטי | [details] |
| Italian | pelamidapalamita | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Παλαμίδα | [details] |
| Norwegian | stripet pelamide | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | stripet pelamide | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | stripa pelamide | [details] |
| Portuguese | serrajãoserrasardabonito | [details] |
| Russian | Пеламида атлантическая | [details] |
| Spanish | bonito del Atlánticobonito atlánticobonito | [details] |
| Swedish | ryggstrimmig pelamid | [details] |
| Turkish | palamut | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Пеламіда атлантична | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (85 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sarda pelamis (Brünnich, 1768))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Thynnus sardus (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Palamita sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Pelamis sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (276 publications) (from synonym Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Sarda mediterranea (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications) (from synonym Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarda sarda)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sarda mediterranea (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Sarda pelamis (Brünnich, 1768))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus sardus (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamis sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Palamita sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (313 nucleotides; 164 proteins)
To GenBank (313 nucleotides; 164 proteins) (from synonym Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sarda sarda RAD111691-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sarda sarda RAD111691-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sarda pelamis (Brünnich, 1768))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Thynnus sardus (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Palamita sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Pelamis sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (276 publications) (from synonym Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Sarda mediterranea (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications) (from synonym Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarda sarda)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sarda mediterranea (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Sarda pelamis (Brünnich, 1768))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber ponticus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus sardus (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus brachypterus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamis sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Palamita sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (313 nucleotides; 164 proteins)
To GenBank (313 nucleotides; 164 proteins) (from synonym Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sarda sarda RAD111691-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sarda sarda RAD111691-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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