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
page(s): 23 [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]
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.
page(s): 217 [details]
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 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. <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]
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]
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]
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
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
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
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
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]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
Unverified
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]
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 pelamis (Brünnich, 1768))
To FishBase (from synonym Sarda mediterranea (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Palamita sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Pelamis sarda (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber palamitus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber sarda Bloch, 1793)
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 images (Sarda sarda, Madeira Is., by Wirtz, P.)
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
From editor or global species database
Unverified