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Tetrapturus
Sign in to saveTetrapturus is a genus of marlins commonly called spearfish or spearchucker fish in Eastern Europe, found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular sport fish in big-game fishing.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyIstiophoridae
Tetrapturus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de Istiophoridae (Zeilvissen).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Istiophoridae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, SAMA, UF, QM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Italy, Bermuda, Bahama Islands, Australia
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Istiophoridae
- Image
- White Marlin in North Carolina 1394318584.jpg
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- Tetrapturus
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Tetrapturus
- MCN code
- 0302.89.11
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Tetrapturus is a genus of marlins commonly called spearfish or spearchucker fish in Eastern Europe, found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular sport fish in big-game fishing.
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Tetrapturus angustirostris S. Tanaka (I), 1915 (Shortbill spearfish) Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 (Mediterranean spearfish) Tetrapturus georgii R. T. Lowe, 1841 (Roundscale spearfish) Tetrapturus pfluegeri C. R. Robins & de Sylva, 1963 (Longbill spearfish) Fossil relatives of spearfishes include Prototetrapturus from the Late Miocene of Algeria, and both Pizzikoskerma & Sicophasma from the late Miocene of Italy. All are placed in the clade Tetrapturomorpha.
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