Tetrapturus
Tetrapturus is a genus of marlins commonly called spearfish, found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular sport fish in big-game fishing.
| Tetrapturus | |
|---|---|
| Mediterranean spearfish (T. belone) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Istiophoriformes |
| Family: | Istiophoridae |
| Genus: | Tetrapturus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 | |
| Synonyms | |
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