Dogtooth tuna | |
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Gymnosarda unicolor from French Polynesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Genus: | Gymnosarda Gill, 1862 |
Species: | G. unicolor
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Binomial name | |
Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836)
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The dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor), also known as white tuna, is a species of pelagic marine fish which belongs to the family Scombridae. Despite the name “tuna”, it is not actually a tuna. Instead, it is a bonito.