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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Istiophoriformes |
| Family: | Istiophoridae |
| Genus: | Tetrapturus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 | |
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Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Tetrapturus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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