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Wahoo (Ono) Fish
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Wahoo (Ono) Flavor Profile

Wahoo is also known as Ono. Ono has mild-sweet tasting fish with a firm texture, moderate fat, and large, circular flakes when cooked. The flesh is pale-pink and turns white when cooked.

Alternate Names

Ono, Kingfish, Tiger Fish, Ocean Barracuda, Ono Fish, Peto, Guarapucu, Thazard Barard

Ono (Wahoo) Description (Acanthocybium solandri)

Wahoo is a member of the Scombridae family and is characterized by its very elongated, tuna-like body, dark blue-green on the top and silver on the sides, with a very short snout, a massive set of teeth, and a very elongated continuous dorsal fin. It also has 24 to 30 distinguishing blue bars, some of which are double Y-shaped, on its sides. Wahoo (Ono) have been recorded at up to 2.5 meters (8 ft) in length, and weighing up to 83 kilograms (180 pounds), but average commercial weight is 8-30 pounds. Wahoo can swim up to 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour.

Wahoo Ono Fish
image source - SamanthaTours

raw Ono
Ono photo by www.honolulufish.com

Wahoo (Ono) Fresh Availability

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Ono Yield Percentage and Recovery

Item To Skn/On Fillets To Skn/Off Fillets Notes
Whole Head/On gutted 45%
Whole Head & Tail/Off gutted 37.5 lb
 75% 55%
Skin/On Fillets -- 73%

 

Ono Fish Range & Habitat

Wahoo are found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, including the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas.

Typical Wholesale Products For Ono

Whole, H&G, Fillets, Steaks

Wahoo Range
AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

Wahoo Recipes

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Wahoo (Ono) Sustainability Info

This window is a link to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program info on Ono.

 

Wahoo (Ono) Nutritional Information

based upon a 6 oz (171 grams) raw edible serving

* Calories/Calories from fat 286
* Protein grams 33
* Fat grams 16.1
* Saturated fat grams 4.1
* Sodium milligrams 134
* Cholesterol milligrams 110
* Omega-3 grams n/a

 

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