unicolor, Thynnus (Pelamis) Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1836:40, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 2739 (stuffed). •Valid as Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell 1836) -- (Collette & Chao 1975:613 [ref. 5573], Kyushin et al. 1977:306 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:244 [ref. 19754], Collette & Nauen 1983:40 [ref. 5375], Dor 1984:262 [ref. 29757], Allen & Swainston 1988:144 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:65 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:443 [ref. 15987], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:225 [ref. 6441], Collette 1986:834 [ref. 5647], Goren & Dor 1994:70 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:373 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:232 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:443 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:278 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:564 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:29 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1348 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:447 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Collette 2001:3735 [ref. 26305] dated 1838, Collette et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25629], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1348 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830] dated 1838, Collette 2003:5 [ref. 27312], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S121 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:648 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:210 [ref. 27510] dated 1838, Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3331 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:610 [ref. 28239], Bray et al. 2006:1772 [ref. 29091], Fricke et al. 2009:112 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:230 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1041 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:217 [ref. 32988], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] dated 1838, Koeda et al. 2016:106 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:362 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:170 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:311 [ref. 36673], Collette & Graves 2019:74 [ref. 37341], Psomadakis et al. 2020:571 [ref. 37272], Durville et al. 2021:315 [ref. 38802], Collette 2022:277 [ref. 40167], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:267 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell 1836). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.
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