Pacific blue marlin

Makaira mazara

twenty five stripes on blue body

Pacific blue marlin is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 500 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Istiophoridae
Genus: Makaira
Maximum length: 500 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: in tropical, subtropical and sometimes temperate waters (Ref. 9692 ). It is the most tropical billfish species and is common in equatorial waters. However, many scientists do not view Makaira mazara and Makaira nigricans as distinct species, and that the latter species has been considered as a single pantropical species occurring in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Highly migratory species.

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