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Skipjack tuna

Pisces, CephalopodaAlso called Katsuwonus pelamis

Skipjack tuna is a kind of tuna sold canned, dried, fresh, or frozen. Cooks serve it raw or cure, pickle, or smoke it.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Family
Scombridae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Skipjack tuna, market

Photo: Obsidian Soul · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use skipjack tuna

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Cure
  • Pickle
  • Raw
  • Smoke

Shopping

Choosing and storing skipjack tuna

Sold as
Canned, Dried, Fresh, Frozen

Nutrition

What 100 g of skipjack tuna holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 96%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of skipjack tuna, raw
Energy103 kcal · 431 kJ
Protein22 g
Fat1 g
of which saturated0.33 g
Carbohydrate0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium37 mg
Cholesterol47 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of skipjack tuna, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium407 mg
Calcium29 mg
Iron1.3 mg
Magnesium34 mg
Zinc0.82 mg
Vitamin C1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)16 µg
Folate9 µg
Vitamin B121.9 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 175156), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where skipjack tuna is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use skipjack tuna. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list skipjack tuna among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with skipjack tuna

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Keumamah

    Indonesia

  • Gohu ikan

    Indonesia

  • Bekasang

    Indonesia

  • Bakasang

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include skipjack tuna.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: skipjack tuna in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
tuna
Made from it
katsuobushi (fermented, smoked)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What skipjack tuna is called

Names in 60 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Listado · Bonito de altura · Katsuwonus pelamis · Cachorreta

  • French

    Thon listao · Listao · Bonite rayée · Bonite à ventre rayé

  • Italian

    Tonnetto striato · Thynnus vagans · Scomber pelamides · Scomber pelamis

  • Portuguese

    bonito · bonito-listrado · gaiado · atum-bonito

  • German

    Echter Bonito · Katsuwonus pelamis · Bonite à Ventre Rayé

  • Dutch

    gestreepte tonijn · Skipjacktonijn · Skipjack · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Turkish

    Yazılı orkinos · Yazılı orkinoz · Çizgili orkinos · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Russian

    Полосатый тунец · Полосатые тунцы · Скипджек · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Polish

    Bonito · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Arabic

    تونة وثابة · التونة الوثابة

  • Persian

    هوور مسقطی · کاتسوئو

  • Hebrew

    אטונס שחור קווים

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  • Achinese

    Amè-amè

  • Afrikaans

    Pensstreep-tuna

  • Albanian

    Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Asturian

    Katsuwonus pelamis · Futbolista · futbolista

  • Basque

    Lanpo sabelmarradun · Katsuwonus pelamis · Ami

  • Bikol

    Katsuo

  • Bulgarian

    ивичест тунец · ивичеста риба тон · океанска риба бонито

  • Catalan

    bonítol ratllat · Katsuwonus pelamis · Bonítol de ventre ratllat · Bonite à Ventre Rayé

  • Cebuano

    Sambagon

  • Chinese

    正鲣 · 鰹魚 · 鲣

  • Croatian

    Prugasta tuna

  • Czech

    tuňák pruhovaný · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Divehi

    ކަޅުބިލަ މަސް

  • Egyptian Arabic

    تونه وثابه

  • Esperanto

    Vera bonito

  • Estonian

    triiptuun · Katsuwonus pelamis · vööttuun

  • Ewe

    Danla kpokpoku

  • Fijian

    Yatu

  • Filipino

    Laktawan

  • Finnish

    boniitti · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Galician

    Atún listado · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Hungarian

    csíkoshasú tonhal · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Icelandic

    Randatúnfiskur

  • Indonesian

    Cakalang · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Interlingua

    Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Irish

    boiníotó aigéanach

  • Japanese

    カツオ · かつお · カツヲ · 珍子

  • Javanese

    Iwak Cakalang

  • Korean

    가다랑어 · 가다랭이 · 가다리 · 가다랑어속

  • Latin

    Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Lithuanian

    dryžasis tunas

  • Malay

    Aya jepun · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Ian-á · Ian-á-hî

  • Northern Frisian

    Bonito

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Bukstripet bonitt · Bonitt · Katsuwonus pelamis · Katsuwonus

  • Romanian

    Katsuwonus pelamis

  • ryu

    カチュウ · アヤカチュウ · ダイバン · カッチウ

  • Serbian

    Пругаста туна

  • Simplified Chinese

    正鲣

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    正鲣

  • Sinhala

    බලයා

  • Slovenian

    Črtasti tun · Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Sundanese

    Cakalang

  • Swedish

    Bonit · Katsuwonus pelamis · Bonite à Ventre Rayé

  • Tamil

    வரிச்சூரை

  • Thai

    ปลาโอแถบ

  • Traditional Chinese

    鰹

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    鰹

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    正鰹 · 鰹 · 鯤 · 煙仔

  • Ukrainian

    Тунець смугастий · Арктичний боніт · Аку · Океанічний боніт

  • Vietnamese

    Cá ngừ vằn

  • Waray

    Budlis

  • Welsh

    Marlin

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q633957

Photos

Photo: Obsidian Soul · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons