Atlantic blue marlin
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The Atlantic blue marlin is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. It is closely related to, and usually considered conspecific with, the Indo-Pacific blue marlin, then simply called blue
Atlantic blue marlin
Intact fish skeleton at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
An 8-oz (230-g) marlin steak
Ernest Hemingway with caught blue marlin
Billfish
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The billfish are saltwater predatory ray-finned fish from the superfamily Xiphioidea, characterised by prominent pointed bills, and by their large size; some are longer than 4 m. Extant billfish inclu
Atlantic blue marlin
…sword or bent dagger", and the Latin machaera, "sword". The specific epithet nigricans is Latin for "becoming black". The blue marlin is part of the billfish family Istiophoridae which is in the jack order Carangiformes. In addition, it is in the suborder Xiphioidei and is a member of the subclass Neopterygii…
Swordfish, most commercially fished billfish
The Indo-Pacific sailfish, fastest of all fishes
Commercial catch of marlin at Jimbaran, Indonesia