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Recreational angling is a large market throughout the world and the black marlin is a very sought after fish. In August 1953, while fishing off of Cabo Blanco, Peru, Alfred C. Glassell Jr. caught a black marlin weighing 1,560 pounds (710 kg), using a handheld 7 foot (2.1 m) bamboo rod, a Fin-Nor reel and 130-pound-test linen line. [23]
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. They are popular sporting fish in tropical areas.
1 Deepwater species. 2 Demersal species. ... Makaira indica, black marlin; Tetrapturus audax, ... List of deep water fish of the Red Sea;
Black drum: Pogonias cromis: Black durgon: Melichthys niger: Black grouper: Mycteroperca bonaci: Black hamlet: Hypoplectrus nigricans: Black jack: Caranx lugubris: Black margate: Anisotremus surinamensis: Black marlin: Istiompax indica: Very rare Black seabass: Centropristis striata: Black sharkminnow: Labeo chrysophekadion (Hammocks Lake ...
The seven native fish species regularly seen in fresh water are the flagtail (Kuhlia xenura), ... Black marlin: Makaira: M. indica: Istiophoridae [56] Marlin: N
A fairly large marine fish for the aquarium with a royal blue body, yellow tail, and black palette design on their body. A star on the silver screen, as Dory in the Disney/Pixar movie Finding Nemo .
The blue marlin of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are more widely pursued by sport fishermen than any other marlin species. Their wide distribution in tropical oceanic waters and seasonally into temperate zones makes them available to many anglers, and their potential to reach great sizes and spectacular fighting ability makes them a highly desired catch to some anglers.
A large marlin is the biggest of these fishes: the black marlin (Makaira indica) of the Indo-Pacific, the Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and the Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara). All of these similarly sized species can exceptionally reach up to 5 m (16 ft) in length and weight may be as much as 907 kg (2,000 lb) or even ...