Makaira
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| Marlins Temporal range: Late Miocene to Present[1] |
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| Black marlin, Makaira nigricans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Istiophoridae |
| Genus: | Makaira Lacépède, 1802 |
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Makaira (Latin via Greek: μαχαίρα"sword") is a genus of marlins and spearfishes. It includes the black, Atlantic blue, and Indo-Pacific blue marlins.
Although traditionally listed as separate species, recent research indicates that the Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara) may be disjoint ranges of the same species, see Atlantic blue marlin#Makaira mazara.
[edit] Sustainable consumption
In 2010, Greenpeace International added the Makaira or Indo-pacific blue marlin to its "seafood red list". [2]
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- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."Greenpeace International Seafood Red list
- "Makaira". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172490. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
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