striped marlin (Kajikia audax) Description
English: Marlin cerca de la costa de Carrillo
Date 31 January 2007
Author Jackiemora01
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stripe_marlin_right_off_the_coast_of_Carrillo.jpg
The striped marlin, Kajikia audax, is a species of marlin found in tropical to temperate Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface. It is a desirable commercial and game fish with a record weight (in 1982) of 190 kg and a maximum length of 4.2 m. The striped marlin is a predator that hunts during the day in the top 100 metres or so of the water column, often near the surface. One of their chief prey is sardines.
Order: Perciformes
Family: Istiophoridae
Genus: Kajikia
Species: Kajikia audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887)
Synonyms:
Histiophorus audax Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887
Istiophorus audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887)
Makaira audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887)
Marlina audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887)
Tetrapturus audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887)
Tetrapturus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Kajikia mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Makaira mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Marlina mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Makaira zelandica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Makaira audax zelandica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Marlina zelandica (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
Makaira grammatica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Makaira holei D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Tetrapturus ectenes D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Kajikia formosana Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947
Makaira formosana (Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947)
Tetrapturus tenuirostratus Deraniyagala, 1951
Makaira tenuirostratus (Deraniyagala, 1951)
Marlina jauffreti J. L. B. Smith, 1956