Sarda chiliensis lineolatus
California Bonito
The body of the Pacific bonito is cigar-shaped and somewhat compressed. The head is pointed and conical, and the mouth is large. The color is dark blue above, dusky on the sides becoming silvery below. There is a number of slanted darkish stripes along the back. Pacific bonito are the only tuna-like fishes on the California coast that have the slanted dark stripes on their backs.
Pacific Bonito feed on smaller pelagic fishes and on squid, usually near the surface.
Worldwide in temperate seas; in the eastern Pacific from Chile to the Gulf of Alaska.
Usually found in 300-600 feet of water or around kelp beds near shore.
This fish averages 3 feet in length and less then 20 pounds.
21 pounds, 5 ounces (IGFA)