Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Query: Marlin

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Subject:	Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)
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Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Tetrapturus herschelii. - Gray.
Maria E. Gray.
Title: Annals of natural history
Year: 1838 (1830s)
Authors:
Subjects: Natural history; Botany; Zoology; Geology
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annals_of_natural_history_(1838)_(17793090593).jpg

The Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. Blue marlins are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It preys on a wide variety of marine organisms, mostly near the surface, often using its bill to stun or injure its prey.

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