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The '''marlin''' is a large game [[fish]]. It has an elongated body up to 2.5 [[metre|m]] long, a [[spear]]like [[snout]], and a long rigid [[dorsal]] [[fin]] which extends forwards to form a crest. Marlins are fast swimmers, occurring in all seas and hunting small and large fish. |
The '''marlin''' is a large game [[fish]]. It has an elongated body up to 2.5 [[metre|m]] long, a [[spear]]like [[snout]], and a long rigid [[dorsal]] [[fin]] which extends forwards to form a crest. Marlins are fast swimmers, occurring in all seas and hunting small and large fish. |
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The larger species include the [[Atlantic blue marlin]], ''Makaira nigricans'', which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 1,800 lb (820 kg) in weight, and [[black marlin]], ''Makaira indica'', which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 1,470 lb (670 kg) in weight. They are popular [[sport fishing|sporting fishes]] in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish. |
The larger species include the [[Atlantic blue marlin]], ''Makaira nigricans'', which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 1,800 lb (820 kg) in weight, and [[black marlin]], ''Makaira indica'', which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 1,470 lb (670 kg) in weight. They are popular [[sport fishing|sporting fishes]] in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish. |
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A marlin is a primary character in [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]''. |
A marlin is a primary character in [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]''. |
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Marlin are rarely table fare. Most modern [[sport fisherman]] release marlin after unhooking. Some marlin that are top record setting fish are taken and weighed on shore. Those records are most often recorded in the |
Marlin are rarely table fare. Most modern [[sport fisherman]] release marlin after unhooking. Some marlin that are top record setting fish are taken and weighed on shore. Those records are most often recorded in the |
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== Species == |
== Species == |
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There are eleven species in three genera: |
There are eleven species in three genera: |
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| Striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax | |
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| Family: | Istiophoridae
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IGFA World Record Game Fishes books.
The marlin is a large game fish. It has an elongated body up to 2.5 m long, a spearlike snout, and a long rigid dorsal fin which extends forwards to form a crest. Marlins are fast swimmers, occurring in all seas and hunting small and large fish.
The larger species include the Atlantic blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 1,800 lb (820 kg) in weight, and black marlin, Makaira indica, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 1,470 lb (670 kg) in weight. They are popular sporting fishes in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish.
A marlin is a primary character in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.
Marlin are rarely table fare. Most modern sport fisherman release marlin after unhooking. Some marlin that are top record setting fish are taken and weighed on shore. Those records are most often recorded in the
Species
There are eleven species in three genera:
- Genus Istiophorus
- Genus Makaira
- Genus Tetrapturus
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Istiophoridae". FishBase. November 2005 version.