Bonito – 40 mph

In the family Scombridae, which it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, as well as the butterfly kingfish, are the medium-sized, ray-finned predatory fish known as Bonitos. It is also known as the Sardinian tribe and consists of eight species in four genera, with three of those taxa having only one species each. Bonitos resemble skipjack tuna very much.

They can reach speeds of 40 miles per hour when swimming. It can be discovered close to the coast and at the sea's surface in temperate and tropical waters. It is a migratory fish that can occasionally be found as far south as Argentina and ranges from Nova Scotia to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The meat of Pacific and Atlantic bonito is firm and black in color. The fat content of bonito is average. Young or little bonito can have meat that is lighter in color, similar to skipjack tuna, and it is occasionally used to make cheaper katsuobushi variations that are marketed as bonito flakes. This substitution is most common for canning purposes.