Description
Tetrapturus audax
Date 1914
Source California fish and game http://www.archive.org/details/californiafishga431918cali
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tetrapturus_audax.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.