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WorldSailfish Fastest marine fish with a large dorsal fin.Other · Coasts and shelves

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

WorldShortbill spearfish A small marlin with a short bill found in tropical oceans.Other · Open ocean

WorldLongbill spearfish A sleek Atlantic marlin with a long bill and dark fins.Other · Open ocean · 1963

🇦🇺 AustraliaLongnose sawshark A slender Australian shark with a long, toothed snout.Shark · Coasts and shelves

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

WorldStriped marlin Fast pelagic predator with blue stripesOther · Open ocean

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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
Shortbill spearfish: Nholtzha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Longbill spearfish: Raver Duane, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Longnose sawshark: William Buelow Gould (1801 - 1853). Reproduction by the Allport Librar, Public domain, source
Striped marlin: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source

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