Makaira
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Name (Latin)
Makaira
See Also From tracing topical name
Billfishes
Marlins
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q905232
Library of congress:
sh 98001254
Sources of Information
- Eschmeyer, W. Catalog of the genera of fishes, 1990;p. 235 (Makaira, Istiophoridae)
Wikipedia description:
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. In the past, the black marlin was also included in this genus, but today it is placed in its own genus, Istiompax.
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