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  2. Atlantic blue marlin - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Makaira - Wikipedia

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    Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 (Atlantic blue marlin); Makaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Indo-Pacific blue marlin); Although they are traditionally listed as separate species, recent research indicates that the Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara) may be parapatric populations of the same species.

  4. Ascension Island Marine Protected Area - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 41 Other fish species present include marlin such as the Atlantic blue marlin and sailfish, swordfish, the Ascension goby, rock hind groupers, bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna, albacore, spotted moray eels, jacks, and black triggerfish. [1] [5]: 41 [4]: 5 Yellowfin tuna are not thought to spawn in the area.

  5. List of vulnerable fishes - Wikipedia

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    Additionally 3191 fish species (21% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. [ 2 ]

  6. Billfish - Wikipedia

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    [13] [14] Controversy exists about whether the Indo-Pacific blue marlin, Makaira mazara, is the same species as the Atlantic blue marlin, M. nigricans. FishBase follows Nakamura (1985) [ 13 ] in recognizing M. mazara as a distinct species, "chiefly because of differences in the pattern of the lateral line system".

  7. Marlin fishing - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. 2024 White Marlin Open Live Blog: Updates from Day 5 of the ...

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    Austin Craig on the Whiskey Kilo brought in a 185.5 pound tuna on the fourth day of the White Marlin Open Thursday, Aug 8, 2024, in Ocean City, Maryland. More: Ocean City boats bring in mammoth ...

  9. Indo-Pacific blue marlin - Wikipedia

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    The classification of the Indo-Pacific blue marlin (M. mazara) and the Atlantic blue marlin (M. nigricans) as separate species is under debate. [1] Genetic data suggest, although the two groups are isolated from each other, that they are both the same species, with the only genetic exchange occurring when Indo-Pacific blue marlin migrate to and ...