Also known as Dogtooth Unicolor, Dog Teeth Tuna, Pegtooth Tuna, Whiteflesh Tuna, Scaleless Tuna, Tunny and Ruppel's Bonito.
Found singly or in small groups in open water sometimes at edge of reefs.
They feed on other fish and pelagic invertebrates such as squid.
Length - 1.6m
Depth - 10-100m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Tuna is a large fast-swimming fish, not a true tuna, but is closely related to the Bonitos. 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.
It will readily attack most fish that will fit in its mouth: Mackerels, Sardines etc.