Species FAO code: BOP

Orcynopsis unicolor

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Bonito	–
Croatia	hr atlantska pastirica	–
Denmark	da Ustribet pelamide	–
Finland	fi juovaton sarda sv ostrimmig pelamid	–
France	fr palomette	–
Germany	de Bonito	–
Greece	el Ορκυνοπαλαμίδα	–
Hungary	hu karcsú palamida hu lapos bonitó	–
Ireland	en Plain bonito ga Boiníotó aondathach	–
Italy	it Palamita bianca	–
Luxembourg	de Bonito fr palomette	–
Netherlands	nl Boniter nl Bonito	–
Poland	pl Orcyn	–
Portugal	pt Palometa pt Bonito-dente-de-cão	–
Romania	ro Palamida argintie	–
Slovakia	sk pelamída prostá	–
Slovenia	sl bela palamida sl bonito	–
Spain	es Tasarte	Catalonia: Bonítol llis Galicia: Bonito ollón
Sweden	sv Ostrimmig pelamid	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Habitat

Saltwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Scientific name

Orcynopsis unicolor

Author

(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Rank

Species

FAO code

BOP

Morphological description

Mouth rather large, upper jaw reaching to hind margin of eye. Laminae of olfactory rosette 25 to 28. Interpelvic process small and bifid. Body naked behind the well developed corselet. Swim bladder absent. Vertebrae 17 or 18 precaudal plus 19 to 21 caudal, total 37 to 39. Anterior three quarters of first dorsal fin black.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyScombridae
    - GenusOrcynopsis
      - SpeciesOrcynopsis unicolor

Synonyms

Cybium altipinne Guichenot, 1861
Cybium bonapartii Verany, 1847
Pelamys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Pelamichthys unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Scomber unicolor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
Sarda unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Thynnus peregrinus Collett, 1879

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 89 — Other
      - Other
        0303 89 40 — Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Frozen fillets of other fish
    - 0304 89 — Other
      - Other
        Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) and fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
        0304 89 49 — Other
16 — CHAPTER 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 1604 — Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs
  - Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced
    - 1604 19 — Other
      - 1604 19 50 — Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
  - 1604 20 — Other prepared or preserved fish
    - Other
      - 1604 20 50 — Of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor

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Orcynopsis unicolor

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Hooks and lines

Seines

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea