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Makaira
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Present[1]
Atlantic blue marlin, Makaira nigricans
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2] (Note that the IUCN recognises the blue marlin as a single species)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Istiophoriformes
Family:
Istiophoridae
Genus:
Makaira Lacépède, 1802
Type species
Makaira nigricans
Lacepède, 1802
Species
Makaira mazara Makaira nigricans
Synonyms
Eumakaira Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947
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.[3] In the past, the black marlin was also included in this genus, but today it is placed in its own genus, Istiompax.
^Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
^Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Amorim, A.F.; Boustany, A.; Canales Ramirez, C.; Cardenas, G.; Carpenter, K.E.; de Oliveira Leite Jr.; N.; Di Natale, A.; Die, D.; Fox, W.; Fredou, F.L.; Graves, J.; Guzman-Mora, A.; Viera Hazin, F.H.; Hinton, M.; Juan Jorda, M.; Minte Vera, C.; Miyabe, N.; Montano Cruz, R.; Nelson, R.; Oxenford, H.; Restrepo, V.; Salas, E.; Schaefer, K.; Schratwieser, J.; Serra, R.; Sun, C.; Teixeira Lessa, R.P.; Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E.; Uozumi, Y.; Yanez, E. (2011). "Makaira nigricans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170314A6743776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170314A6743776.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Makaira in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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...
The Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. It is closely related to, and usually considered conspecific...
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Jordan & Hill, 1926) Makaira ampla marlina D. S. Jordan & Hill, 1926 Makaira marlina marlina D. S. Jordan & Hill, 1926 Makaira nigricans marlina D. S...
outdated reports. 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)...
sailfish. Controversy exists about whether the Indo-Pacific blue marlin, Makaira mazara, is the same species as the Atlantic blue marlin, M. nigricans....
black marlin (Makaira indica) of the Indo-Pacific, the Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and the Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara). All...
their names. Machairoceratops Machairasaurus Machairodontinae Makhaira Makaira Gordon, p. 24 For a good summary of the evidence, see F. Quesada Sanz:...
commercial vessels. There is recreational fishing of Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara), wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)...
worshipped together with the sky-god (Zeus). At Thebes there was cult of "Gaia Makaira Telesforos". Telesforos means "bringing fruits to perfection". The earth...
and Ca2+-ATPase isoforms in the thermogenic heater organ of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 206 (Pt 5): 805–812....
larger fish species such as mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis). Various species of...
chromis Chromis cyanea Y Y Blue hamlet Hypoplectrus gemma Y Y Blue marlin Makaira nigricans Y Y Blue parrotfish Scarus coeruleus Y Y Blue runner Caranx crysos...
2017 project mentored by Rob Ruha, including Metotagivale Schmidt-Peke, Makaira Berry, Awatea Wihongi and Pere Wihongi. In November 2018, Kia Kaaterama...
swordfish (Xiphias gladius), white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus), blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), sailfish (Istiophorus albicans); mackerels such as spotted...
On 20 January 1972, a 49.5 cm (19.5 in) broken-off bill of a marlin (Makaira sp.) was found embedded in the rostrum of a minke whale caught in the Southern...
at the Danao City Public Market in Cebu Some Chanos chanos, a chunk of Makaira indica, several scombrids and a stingray, Dasyatis kuhlii at a palengke...
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