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The Terrible Dogfish ( ) is a fictional sea monster which appears in Carlo Collodi's book The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio). It is described as being larger than a five storey building, a kilometre long (not including the tail) and sporting a mouth with three rows of teeth that can easily accommodate a whole train. So fearsome is its reputation, that in chapter XXXIV, it is revealed that the Dogfish is nicknamed "The Atilla of fish and fishermen" (L'Atilla dei pesci e dei pescatori).

The Dogfish is first mentioned in chapter XXIV, when Pinocchio, whilst searching for his creator Mister Geppetto, is informed by a dolphin that he has likely been swallowed by the creature which "...for some days has come to wreak extermination and desolation in our waters". The Dogfish is later mentioned in chapter XXVI by Pinocchio's school friends on the Island of the Busy Bees (Isola delle Api Industriose), who tell him that the creature has been sighted on the coast and that they are going to investigate. This later turns out to be a lie to coax Pinocchio away from school.

The Dogfish makes its first appearance in chapter XXXIV when Pinocchio, who has only just transformed from a donkey back to his puppet form, has entered the sea in an attempt to escape from his former handler. The Fairy with Turquoise Hair, in the form of a mountain goat, warns Pinocchio of the Dogfish too late, and the puppet is swallowed whole, along with a tuna whom Pinocchio befriends. Pinocchio discovers his father, who reveals that he has been trapped within the Dogfish for two years, surviving on ship supplies swallowed by the creature. The Dogfish is revealed to suffer from asthma, and sleeps with its head emerged from the water. Pinocchio carries Geppetto, who cannot swim, on his back and swims out of the Dogfish's mouth. When Pinocchio's strength begins to fail him, the tuna whom Pinocchio befriended before, helps them reach the shore.

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Monstro the Whale has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.