Shortbill spearfish
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| Shortbill spearfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Istiophoridae |
| Genus: | Tetrapturus |
| Species: | T. angustirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka, 1915 |
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The shortbill spearfish, Tetrapturus angustirostris, is a species of marlin found in Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface. It is a commercial game fish with a published weight of 52 kg and a maximum length of 230 cm.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Tetrapturus angustirostris" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
