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What's with Tuna?

I had a tuna fish sandwich for lunch today. It was good. I got to thinking though, why do we usually refer to it as ‘Tuna Fish’? Is there another kind of tuna, like a tuna cow? Perhaps a tuna bird? Do we attach fish to other fish food?

“May I recommend the Salmon Fish to you tonight, sir. Or perhaps the Halibut Fish will be more to your liking?”

English truly is a funny language. I’m sure I’ll refer to the chicken of the sea as tuna fish still, but I find it quite funny that we have to attach fish to it at all. Tuna generally gets the point across. One day though, if I’m witty enough and someone offers me just plain tuna, I might clarify and ask if it’s tuna fish, or tuna cow.