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| name = Dogtooth tuna

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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]

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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]

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| familia = [[Scombridae]]

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| genus = '''''Gymnosarda'''''

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| genus_authority = [[Theodore Nicholas Gill|Gill]], 1862

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| species = '''''G. unicolor'''''

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| binomial = ''Gymnosarda unicolor''

| binomial_authority = ([[Eduard Rüppell|Rüppell]], 1836)

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The '''dogtooth tuna''' is a large fast-swimming fish in the family [[Scombridae]]. One of the apex non pelagic predators (along with Giant Trevally, Napoleon Wrasse, and Large Groupers) of it's range (from the Marshall islands to the Indian 0cean). It is not a true [[tuna]], but is closely related to the [[bonito]]s. It has the large teeth and straight edged first [[dorsal fin]] characteristic of all bonito. Appreciated as both a [[game fish]] and food fish, a large specimen can give a good struggle. Anglers travel the world in search of Giant Trevally and dog tooth tuna, spending tens of thousands of dollars in both gear and travelexpenses. It is a near shore fish, with smaller fish in shallow reef areas and larger ones in deep reef drop off areas. It will readily attack most fish that will fit in its mouth: [[mackerel]]s, [[sardine]]s, etc.

The fish is known in [[Samoa]] and some other Pacific nations as ''tagi''.

== Barnstars ==

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==References==

For services rendered to the Bahá'í pages (and there are a bewildering array of very obscure ones) I, [[User:MARussellPESE|MARussellPESE]], present [[User:Jeff3000|Jeff3000]] the ''Working Man's [[Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia|Barnstar]]'' which is awarded for his mind-numbing effort cleaning up tons of ''minutiae'' on these pages in the 16-Dec-05 to 20-Dec-05 timeframe. Now, here's hoping he gets out with his family and friends this weekend.

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* {{FishBase species | genus = Gymnosarda | species = unicolor | month = January | year = 2006}}

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{{award2|Barnstar.png|I award this [[Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia|Barnstar]] to Jeff3000 for his persistent work to NPOVify the Bahá'í Faith article and for other works therein.}}

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