A blue marlin being caught in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004.
Date 22 August 2004
Author Lsuff
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlueMarlin.JPG

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.