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Dogtooth Tuna

Gymnosarda unicolor

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ingorogalla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Indonesia.January 0, February 4, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 1, October 1, November 0, December 1.
Indonesia7
Egypt4
Red Sea Governorate4
North Maluku3
Japan1
Okinawa Prefecture1
India1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands1
Philippines1
Calabarzon1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes, and Allies · Scombriformes
FamilyMackerels, Tunas, and Bonitos · Scombridae
GenusGymnosarda

Sources

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