names unicolor (22 references) and nuda (23 

 references) so there is no reason to favor either 

 name on the grounds of stability. 



Gymnosarda unicolor (Riippell) 

 Dogtooth Tuna 



Thynnus (Pelamis) unicolor Ruppell 1838:40-41 

 (original description; Jiddah, Red Sea; pi. 12, 

 fig. 1). 



Pelamys nuda Giinther 1860:368 (replacement 

 name for Thynnus unicolor Ruppell 1838 

 preoccupied in Pelamys by Scomber unicolor 

 Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817). Klunzinger 

 1871:443-444 (description; Koseir, Red Sea). 



Gymnosarda unicolor. Gill 1862:125 (original 

 description of Gymnosarda). Chabanaud 

 1925:198-200 (comparison with Sarda and Or- 

 cynopsis). Fraser-Brunner 1950:149-150 

 (description), fig. 16. Smith 1956:721 (Aldabra 

 Island), 722 (photograph). Blanc and Postel 

 1958:370-371 (description. Reunion Island), fig. 

 1 (viscera), fig. 2 (excised liver). Jones and 

 Silas 1961:380-381 (Port Blair, Andaman 

 Islands; Minicoy Island, Laccadive 

 Archipelago), fig. 7 (after Fraser-Brunner). 

 Jones et al. 1960:136 (Port Blair, Andaman 

 Islands). Postel et al. 1960:392-393 (descrip- 

 tion; Reunion Island). Collette and Gibbs 

 1963a:26 (relationships). Collette and Gibbs 

 1963b:29 (compiled). Gorbunova 1963:87-89, fig. 

 13, table 11 (19 larvae 8.0-14.0 mm, Indian 

 Ocean). Silas 1963:877-899 (synonymy, 

 description, range, anatomy, biology). Smith 

 and Smith 1963:41 (Seychelles), pi. 31H. Bais- 

 sac 1964:185-186 (Mascarene waters). Williams 

 1964:122-124 (Mafia Island, Tanganyika). Tal- 

 bot 1965:469 (Tutia Reef, Tanganyika). 

 Merrett and Thorp 1966:375 (St. Lazarus 

 Bank, East Africa). Jonklaas 1967:1134 (Mal- 

 dive Islands), pi. 1 (underwater photo). Jones 

 1969:26 (Laccadive Archipelago). Naga- 

 bhushanam and Chandrasekhara Rao 

 1972:299, 317, 321 (Laccadive Archipelago). 

 Fukusho and Fujita 1972:32-33 (description, 27 

 juveniles; Tsushima Island, Korea Straits), fig. 

 1 (42.9 cm FL juvenile). 



Gymnosarda nuda. Kishinouye 1923:426-428 (ana- 

 tomy; Ryukyu and Ogasawara [Bonin] 

 Islands). Chabanaud 1925:198-199 (comparison 



with Sarda and Orcynopsis). Jordan and 

 Hubbs 1925:215 (description; Tokyo market). 

 Fowler 1938:139-140 (description; Tahiti 

 [ANSP 93818]). Marshall 1941:61-62 (first 

 Australian record, Townsville, Queensland). 

 Herre 1945:148 (several records from Philip- 

 pine Islands). Coates 1950:22 (Barrier Reef), 

 fig. Serventy 1950:19 (Cartier Island and 

 Woodbine Bank, Timor Sea). Warfel 1950:11, 

 14 (description, Philippine Islands), 15 (fig. 9, 

 lateral view of fish, gill arch, excised liver), 16 

 (fig. 10, distribution map). La Monte 1952:40 

 (description), pi. 12. Dung and Royce 1953:ta- 

 bles 93-96 (morphometric data for specimens 

 from Japan, Marshall Islands, Caroline 

 Islands, and Philippine Islands). Herre 

 1953:248-249 (Philippine records). Fourmanoir 

 1957:224 (Madagascar, Mauritius, and 

 Comoro Islands), pi. 14, fig. B. Munro 

 1958b :264 (new records for the New Guinea 

 region: Louisiade Archipelago, Solomon 

 Islands, Woodlark Island, Laughlan Island, 

 Carteret Island, New Ireland, New Britain, 

 Admiralty Islands). Schultz 1960:416-417 

 (description; Marshall Islands [USNM 

 140980]). Ronquillo 1963:1723, 1725, 1738, 1739 

 Gength-weight; Philippine Islands), 1732-1733 

 (gonad index). Marshall 1964:355-356 

 (description, N. Queensland, Australia), col. pi. 

 51, fig. 342. Marshall 1966:204, col. pi. 51, fig. 

 342. Munro 1967:203 (description; New 

 Guinea), pi. 17 (fig. 344). Kami et al. 1968:123 

 (Guam). Lewis 1968:56 (copepod Caligus 

 pseudokalumai described from Eniwetok 

 specimen). Fourmanoir and Griessinger 

 1971:484 (Rangiroa, Tuamotus). Grant 

 1972:112 (description; Barrier Reef), col. pi. 17. 

 Bablet 1972:62, 87 (Tuamotu Archipelago). 



Misidentification. —Sarrfa orientalis. Smith and 

 Pope 1907:464-465 (77-mm specimen from Urado, 

 Japan [USNM 59638]). 



Types.— Thynnus (Pelamis) unicolor Ruppell 

 1838:40-41, pi. 12, fig. 1. Holotype: SMF 2739; 473 

 mm FL stuffed specimen; Red Sea, Jiddah; 1834; 

 E. Ruppell. Counts: dorsal fin rays XIII-I-13 + VI, 

 but there is probably one more spine concealed in 

 the groove to make the count XIV -I- 13 -i- VI; anal 

 fin rays 12 + VI; pectoral fin rays 26; gill rakers 

 cannot be counted (if still present); upper jaw 

 teeth 18; lower jaw teeth (left-right) 14-12. 



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