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The Atlantic blue marlin (hereafter, blue marlin) feeds on a wide variety of organisms near the surface. It uses its bill to stun, injure, or kill while knifing through a school of fish or other prey, then returns to eat the injured or stunned fish. Marlin is a popular game fish. The relatively high fat content of its meat makes it commercially ...
Marlina Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947. Orthocraeros J. L. B. Smith, 1956. Makaira (Latin via Greek: μαχαίρα "sword") is a genus of marlin in the family Istiophoridae. It includes the Atlantic blue and Indo-Pacific blue marlins. [2] In the past, the black marlin was also included in this genus, but today it is placed in its own genus ...
Makaira mazara can reach a maximum length of 5 metres (16 ft), but the average is around 3.5 metres (11 ft). It can reach a weight of about 625 kilograms (1,378 lb). [1] The body is elongated but it is not very compressed, with two dorsal fins and two anal fins. The dorsal fins have a total of 40 to 45 soft rays, while the anal fins have 18 to ...
A taxidermied marlin greets visitors to Dare County, North Carolina. In the Nobel Prize -winning author Ernest Hemingway's 1952 novel The Old Man and the Sea , the central character of the work is an aged Cuban fisherman who, after 84 days without success on the water, heads out to sea to break his run of bad luck.
Wildlife of Mauritania. Mauritania's wildlife has two main influences as the country lies in two biogeographic realms. The north sits in the Palearctic which extends south from the Sahara to roughly 19° north latitude and the south is in the Afrotropic realm. Additionally, Mauritania is an important wintering area for numerous birds which ...
M. nigricans. M. nigricans may refer to: Makaira nigricans, the Atlantic blue marlin, a fish species endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. Mantella nigricans, the Guibé's mantella, a frog species endemic to Madagascar. Melanogaster nigricans, a hoverfly species in the genus Melanogaster. Melinda nigricans, a fly species in the genus Melinda.
Indo-Pacific Blue Marlin. The Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara) is found primarily in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean between latitudes 25 o N and 40 o to 45°S of the southwestern region and 35°S in the southeastern region. [1] M mazara is largely a non-target specie of industrial and artisanal fisheries. Western ...
The merlin (Falco columbarius) is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, [2] with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia.A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.