sailfish
Also known as Istiophorus barney
thumb|An Indo-Pacific sailfish raising its sail thumb|upright|Author Ernest Hemingway in [[Key West, Florida, USA, in the 1940s, with a sailfish he had caught ]]
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Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCarangiformes
- FamilyIstiophoridae
Habitatmarine
Der Fächerfisch (Istiophorus platypterus), oft auch Segelfisch genannt, ist ein großer, im offenen Ozean lebender Raubfisch, der fast weltweit in tropischen und subtropischen Regionen vorkommt. Neben Istiophorus platypterus wurde noch eine weitere Istiophorus-Art beschrieben, der „Atlantische Fächerfisch“, Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804). Beide Arten ähneln sich aber so stark, dass die Wissenschaft zunehmend nur noch Istiophorus platypterus anerkennt und Istiophorus albicans zum Synonym des ersten macht. Auch auf genetischer Ebene sind keine Unterschiede gefunden worden, die eine Trennung in zwei Arten rechtfertigen würden.
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thumb|An Indo-Pacific sailfish raising its sail thumb|upright|Author Ernest Hemingway in [[Key West, Florida, USA, in the 1940s, with a sailfish he had caught ]]
The sailfish is one or two species of marine fish in the genus Istiophorus, which belong to the family Istiophoridae (marlins). They are predominantly blue to gray in colour and have a characteristically large dorsal fin known as the sail, which often stretches the entire length of the back. Another notable characteristic is the elongated rostrum (bill) consistent with that of other marlins and the swordfish, which together constitute what are known as billfish in sport fishing circles. Sailfish live in colder pelagic waters of all Earth's oceans, and hold the record for the highest speed of any marine animal.