Bonito
Tribe of fishes
Summary
Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned, predatory fish in the family Scombridae, which it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, and also the butterfly kingfish. Also called the tribe Sardini, it consists of eight species across four genera; three of those four genera are monotypic, having a single species each. Bonitos closely resemble the skipjack tuna, which is often called a bonito, especially in Japanese contexts.
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Bonito doesn't come from the Spanish adjective bonito 'pretty', but from an homograph word with a different origin.
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/* Etymology */It is quite obvious that the Bonito comes from the Spanish "Bonito". The source is old and unreliable.
