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They have a shorter, heavier bill and a rounder and lower dorsal fin. Black marlin may be distinguished from all other marlin species by their rigid pectoral fins, which, especially from a weight of around 68 kg (150 lb), are unable to be pressed flat against their sides but can be tilted further backwards for reduced drag. [9]
The largest blue marlin caught by IGFA angling rules is from Vitoria, Brazil, which weighed 1,402 lb (636 kg).; [15] fishermen often refer to individual marlins that reach or exceed 1,000 pounds as "granders". Both sexes have 24 vertebrae, of which 11 are precaudal and 13 are caudal. [16] The marlin has two dorsal fins and two anal fins.
The largest white marlin reported was 2.8 m (9.2 ft) LJFL and weighed over 82 kg (181 lb). [5] The coloring of white marlin is used as countershading, with a dark blue dorsal side and a dirty white ventral side. [10] Though all white marlin have the same coloring pattern, they are sexually dimorphic, with the females usually larger. [5]
There are just three days left in the 2024 White Marlin Open, and you can follow along here for live updates from Day 4 of the tournament.
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.
Aristotle (ca. 340 B.C.) may have been the first scientist to speculate on the use of hard parts of fishes to determine age, stating in Historica Animalium that “the age of a scaly fish may be told by the size and hardness of its scales.” [4] However, it was not until the development of the microscope that more detailed studies were performed on the structure of scales. [5]
Adult swordfish have no teeth, and other billfish have only small file-like teeth. They swallow their catch whole, head-first. Billfish do not normally spear with their bills, though occasionally a marlin will flip a fish into the air and bayonet it. Given the speed and power of these fish, when they do spear things the results can be dramatic.
A marlin features prominently in the last chapter and climactic scenes of Christina Stead's The Man Who Loved Children. Sam's friend Saul gives Sam a marlin, and Sam makes his children help him render the fish's fat. The Miami Marlins, a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, is named after the fish.