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Istiophoridae
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
A towering sail and long beak at sea
- Blue
- Gray
- Silver
- White
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Blue
Tropical
Fusiform
LargeIndo-Pacific sailfish is a marine fish of the open ocean. Look for a towering sail and long beak at sea.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Istiophoridae
- Genus
- Istiophorus
- Maximum length
- 348 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Habitat
- Open ocean
- Body shape
- Fusiform
- Diet
- Carnivorous
- Distribution
- Warm waters worldwide
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
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