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The larger species include the Atlantic blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, which can reach 5 m (16 ft) in length and 820 kg (1,810 lb) in weight [4] and the black marlin, Istiompax indica, which can reach in excess of 5 m (16 ft) in length and 670 kg (1,480 lb) in weight.
Drawing of a mature striped marlin. The striped marlin has a torpedo-like body, dark blue or black above and silvery-white below, with an average length of 2.9 m (9.5 ft), a maximum length of 4.2 m (13.8 ft), and weight up to 220 kg (490 lb). [2]
Because of this, black marlin distribution is influenced by the surface height of the ocean throughout the time of year. [20] Black Marlin live in temperatures from 15 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius. [17] Juvenile black marlin around Australia utilize the great barrier reef lagoon as an area to grow and develop due to an abundance of ...
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Marlin has commercial value throughout the world, with landings totalling 3,064 metric tons in 2000. [13] It is particularly valued in Japan for sashimi. [13] Blue marlin meat is sometimes smoked and sold by roadside vendors. Blue marlin are often caught as bycatch in tuna longline fisheries.
The white marlin (Tetrapterus albida/Kajikia albida), also known as Atlantic white marlin, marlin, skilligalee, [3] is a species of billfish that lives in the epipelagic zone of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean. They are found between the latitudes of 45° N and 45° S in waters deeper than 100 m (330 ft).
A 72-inch (1,800 mm) white marlin has been recorded as being found in the stomach of a 448 pounds (203 kg) blue marlin caught at Walker's Cay in the Bahamas, and more recently, during the 2005 White Marlin Open, a white marlin in the 70-pound (32 kg) class was found in the stomach of one of the money-winning blues.
[9] [10] Generally, sailfish do not grow to more than 3 m (10 ft) in length and rarely weigh over 90 kilograms (200 pounds). Some sources indicate that sailfish are capable of changing colours as a method of confusing prey, displaying emotion, and/or communicating with other sailfish. [11] [12] [13] [14]