striped marlin

fish
Also known as: Tetrapterus audax

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characteristics

  • striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
    In marlin

    The striped marlin (Kajikia audax), another Indo-Pacific fish, is bluish above and white below, with pale vertical bars; it normally does not exceed 125 kg (275 pounds). The white marlin (K. albida, or K. albidus) is limited to the Atlantic and is blue-green, with a paler…

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spearfish

  • In spearfish

    …species may be recognized; two, T. audax and T. albidus, are commonly called marlin (q.v.). The shortbill, or short-nosed, spearfish (T. angustirostris) is a Pacific member of the genus—scarce and rather small for a billfish. Blue above and silvery below, it usually does not exceed 1.8 m (6 feet) and…

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