Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Scombriformes > Family Scombridae > Subfamily Scombrinae > Genus Orcynopsis

Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Orcynopsis*	Gill, 1862	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scomber unicolor*	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: ustribet pelamide sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: ongestreepte bonito sources: Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

English: plain bonito sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: palomete sources: Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

Greek: Ορκυνοπαλαμίδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: palamita bianca sources: Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: ustripet pelamide sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: ustripa pelamide sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: tasarte sources: Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

Swedish: ostrimmig pelamid sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ak palamut sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: bonito unlliw

Literature

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Orcynopsis unicolor, Libya, by Meyer, T.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127019