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Istiophoridae

10 fish on EveryFish name Istiophoridae among their families.

WorldWhite marlin A fast-swimming billfish of the Atlantic Ocean.Other · Open ocean · 1860

WorldRoundscale spearfish Atlantic billfish often mistaken for white marlinOther · Open ocean · 1841

WorldStriped marlin Fast pelagic predator with blue stripesOther · Open ocean

WorldIndo-Pacific sailfish Fast ocean predator with a large dorsal finOther · Coasts and shelves

WorldAtlantic sailfish Fast pelagic fish with a large dorsal fin and long billOther · Coasts and shelves

WorldBlack marlin Largest marlin species in tropical Indo-Pacific watersOther · Coasts and shelves · 1832

WorldIndo-Pacific blue marlin Large tropical billfish of the Pacific and Indian OceansOther · Coasts and shelves

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Sailfish: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
White marlin: dominic sherony, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Striped marlin: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
Atlantic sailfish: WIDTTF, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Black marlin: jamesh111, CC BY 4.0, source
Indo-Pacific blue marlin: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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