Meaning | large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm / warm their brains and eyes. |
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Member of | Makaira, genus Makaira | marlins |
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Narrower | black marlin, Makaira mazara, Makaira marlina | large game fish in the Pacific Ocean |
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blue marlin, Makaira nigricans | largest marlin |
striped marlin, Makaira mitsukurii | Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes |
white marlin, Makaira albida | small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic |
Broader | billfish | giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw |
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Catalan | istiofòrids |
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