Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Istiophoridae > Tetrapturus > Tetrapturus angustirostris

Tetrapturus angustirostris (shortnose spearfish; Japanese spearfish; Marlin; Short bill spearfish; Shortbill spearfish; Short-billed spear-fish; Shortbill-Spearfish; Shortnosed spearfish; Slender spearfish; Marlín)

Synonyms: Pseudohistiophorus angustirostris; Pseudohistiophorus illingworthi; Tetrapterus angustirostris; Tetrapturus illingworthi; Tetrapturus kraussi
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Wikipedia Abstract

The shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris) is a species of marlin native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with occasional records from the Atlantic Ocean. This species occurs in open waters not far from the surface. This species can reach a length of 230 cm (91 in), though most do not exceed 190 cm (75 in). The maximum recorded weight for this species is 52 kg (115 lb). It is of minor importance to commercial fisheries and is also a game fish.
View Wikipedia Record: Tetrapturus angustirostris

Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Ujung Kulon National Park II 313466 Java, Indonesia    

Prey / Diet

Katsuwonus pelamis (White bonito)[2]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0