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Makaira
Sign in to saveMakaira (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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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyIstiophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 297
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Istiophoridae
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- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States
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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.
==Species== Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 (Atlantic blue marlin) Makaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Indo-Pacific blue marlin)
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