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 | |
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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 | |
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