Atlantic Bonito
Sarda sarda
Sighting evidence at Cape Gelidonya, Antalya
Photo: Patrick E. Phoebus · CC BY-NC
Fast-moving schools of bonito streak past the cape's exposed seaward faces during spring and autumn migrations, following sardine and anchovy aggregations that concentrate around the headland's upwelling current. They are pelagic predators that rarely pause, creating brief but electrifying encounters as they accelerate through the diver's field of view at speed. Spring brings the densest aggregations when the cape acts as a waypoint on their northward migration route.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Atlantic Bonito is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.