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The blue marlin is a very large, deep-shouldered seafish with a streamlined body. Its upper jaw is elongated into a distinct, spikelike snout. It may reach weights of as much as 900 kg/2,000 lb and is prized by game fishers. It is found throughout the warm and temperate seas and oceans of the world.

Any of several open-sea fishes known as billfishes. Some 2.5 m/7 ft long, they are found in warmer waters and have elongated snouts and high-standing dorsal (back) fins. Members of the family include the sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), the fastest of all fishes over short distances – reaching speeds of 100 kph/62 mph – and the blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), highly prized as a ‘game’ fish. (Family Istiophoridae, order Perciformes.)
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Materials and methods Surface mucous and autologous skeletal muscle samples were collected from three individuals from each of the following species: Makaira nigricans (blue marlin), Tetrapturus albidus (white marlin), Istiophorus platypterus (sailfish), and Xiphias gladius (swordfish).
Surface mucous as a source of genomic DNA from Atlantic billfishes ... by Hoolihan, John P.; Perez, Nerida F.; Faugue, Ronald M.; Bernard, Andrea M.; Horn, Rebekah L.; Snodgr / Fishery Bulletin
Synopsis of biological data on the longbill spearfish, Tetrapturus pfluegeri, Robins and de Sylva.
Toward identification of larval sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), ... by Luthy, Stacy A.; Cowen, Robert K.; Serafy, Joseph E.; McDowell, Jan R. / Fishery Bulletin
Sex composition, length-weight relationship, and reproduction of the white marlin, Tetrapturus albidus, in the western North Atlantic Ocean.
Movements and spawning of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) and blue ... by Prince, Eric D.; Cowen, Robert K.; Orbesen, Eric S.; Luthy, Stacy A.; Llopiz, Joel K.; Richardson, D / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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