Dogtooth tuna
| 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 |
| 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.