Oriental Bonito
Sarda orientalis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Sarda
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 10 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 10 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 127 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 441 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 131 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records