Fish · La Saladita, Guerrero

Wahoo

Acanthocybium solandri

Spanish: Peto

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
Photographed by antonio_amaral on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Canavieiras, BA, Brasil, not near La Saladita

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh make it a prize game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono. Many Hispanic areas of the Caribbean and Central America refer to this fish as peto.

TaxonomyActinopterygii › Scombriformes › Scombridae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records523 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/acanthocybium-solandri/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.