Skipjack tuna Japanese fish stock). It is also a key ingredient in shuto. In Indonesian cuisine, skipjack tuna is known as "cakalang". The most popular Indonesian dish made from skipjack tuna is "cakalang fufu" from Minahasa. It is a cured and smoked skipjack tuna dish, made by cooking the fish after clipping it to a bamboo frame. Skipjack is also integral to Maldivian cuisine. Skipjack tuna The skipjack tuna ("Katsuwonus pelamis") is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the aku, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna, or victor fish. It grows up to
HMS Skipjack (1889) HMS Skipjack (1889) HMS "Skipjack" was a of the British Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888–1891. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1908–1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. "Skipjack" survived the war and was sold for scrap in 1920. The "Sharpshooter"-class was designed under the leadership of William Henry White, the Director of Naval Construction, to be faster and more seaworthy than the preceding prototype torpedo gunboat, and the three ships, while carrying a heavier armament. As torpedo gunboats, they were intended to defend the fleet from attack by torpedo-boats, while