bonito

Noun

• any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas

• fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna

• flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  oceanic bonito , Katsuwonus pelamis