Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans).
Date
Source Gardieff S. (2003). Atlantic Blue Marlin. Florida Museum of Natural History.
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The Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. Blue marlins are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It preys on a wide variety of marine organisms, mostly near the surface, often using its bill to stun or injure its prey. Some other historic English names for the blue marlin are Cuban black marlin, ocean gar, and ocean guard.
Order: Perciformes
Family: Istiophoridae
Genus: Makaira
Species: Makaira nigricans Lacépède, 1802
Synonyms:
Maikaira nigricans (sic) Lacepède, 1802
Makaira nigricans nigricans Lacepède, 1802
Xiphias ensis Lacepède, 1800
Makaira ensis (Lacepède, 1800)
Tetrapturus herschelii J. E. Gray, 1838
Histiophorus herschelii (J. E. Gray, 1838)
Makaira herschelii (J. E. Gray, 1838)
Tetrapturus amplus Poey, 1860
Makaira ampla (Poey, 1860)
Makaira ampla ampla (Poey, 1860)
Makaira nigricans ampla (Poey, 1860)
Tetrapturus mazara D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Istiompax mazara (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Makaira ampla mazara (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Makaira mazara (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Makaira nigricans mazara (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Makaira bermudae Mowbray, 1931
Orthocraeros bermudae (Mowbray, 1931)
Eumakaira nigra Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947
Makaira nigra (Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947)
Makaira perezi F. de Buen, 1950
Istiompax howardi Whitley, 1954