Marine
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Histiophorus brevirostris Playfair, 1867 |
synonym | Istiomax indicus (Cuvier, 1832) |
synonym | Istiompax australis Whitley, 1931 |
synonym | Istiompax brevirostris (Playfair, 1867) |
synonym | Istiompax dombraini Whitley, 1954 |
synonym | Istiompax indicus (Cuvier, 1832) |
synonym | Istiompax marlina (Jordan & Hill, 1926) |
synonym | Maikaira indica (Cuvier, 1832) |
synonym | Makaira ampla marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926 |
synonym | Makaira ampla tahitiensis Nichols & LaMonte, 1935 |
synonym | Makaira australis (MacLeay, 1854) |
synonym | Makaira brevirostris (Playfair, 1867) |
synonym | Makaira herscheri (non Gray, 1838) |
synonym | Makaira indica (Cuvier, 1832) |
synonym | Makaira indicus (Cuvier, 1832) |
synonym | Makaira malina Jordan & Hill, 1926 |
synonym | Makaira marhina Jordan & Hill, 1926 |
synonym | Makaira marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926 |
synonym | Makaira marlina marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926 |
synonym | Makaira marlina tahitiensis Nichols & LaMonte, 1935 |
synonym | Makaira mazara tahitiensis Nichols & LaMonte, 1935 |
synonym | Makaira nigricans marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926 |
synonym | Makaira nigricans tahitiensis Nichols & La Monte, 1935 |
synonym | Makaira xantholineata Deraniyagala, 1956 |
synonym | Malina malina (Jordan & Hill, 1926) |
synonym | Marlina marlina (Jordan & Hill, 1926) |
synonym | Tetrapterus australis Macleay, 1854 |
synonym | Tetrapturus australis Macleay, 1854 |
synonym | Tetrapturus brevirostris (Playfair, 1867) |
synonym | Tetrapturus indicus Cuvier, 1832 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 39 - 50; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 21
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Body elongate and not very compressed; upper jaw produced into a robust but not very long beak; two dorsal fins, the height of the first less then the greatest body depth, becoming shorter posteriorly; pectoral fins falcate and rigid, with 19 to 20 rays; body densely covered with small, embedded scales with 1 or 2 sharp points; back dark blue; belly silvery white; membrane of first dorsal fin blue black, without spots; flanks without spots . Dark blue above, silvery white below; sometimes with light blue vertical stripes; 1st dorsal fin blackish to dark blue, other fins dark brown with tinges of dark blue in some specimens.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
Believed to prefer water temperatures around 27° to 28°C during spawning. Egg counts of ripe roe totaled about 40 million per female.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Migration
Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Size
Max Length
460 TL (unsexed)
Size
465 cm FL (male/unsexed; ); max. published weight: 750.0 kg
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Trophic Strategy
Seasonal changes in distributions of catch rates, reflecting concentrations of fish, do take place but individuals do not follow clear migration routes . Such seasonal concentrations are known to occur in the north-west Coral Sea, off the North West Shelf of Australia, in the Banda Sea and the east China Sea . There have been suggestions that the distributions and migrations of black marlin are sex-dependent . Knowledge of seasonal changes in distribution and migration patterns of this highly mobile species is largely based on catch data collected by the Japanese longline fleet . Tagging has also assisted greatly in interpretation of movement patterns . In Australian waters, aggregation in the Coral Sea during September-December, presumed 1-2-year-old fish and 1 or 2 older groups move south parallel to the eastern Australian coastline from north Queensland to central New South Wales, apparently in association with the southward movement of the East Australian Current . By April, however, the fish have probably dispersed eastwards (catch rates in eastern Australia between April and August are generally very low). Fish can move large distances (up to 7200 km in 359 days) and recaptures from tagging studies over several years strongly suggest annual homing of at least part of the (western Coral Sea) population . It appears that fish also migrate from northwestern Australia to Indian Ocean waters south of Indonesia in late March-April, and fish migrate back to north-western Australia during October . High catch rates occur in the Banda Sea north of Australia between January and April . Black marlin larvae have been found only in the north-west Coral Sea off Queensland and off northwestern Australia, south of 10°S (where they were misidentified as sailfish larvaeIstiophorus platypterus . Off Lizard Island in north Queensland, concentrations of black marlin larvae have been found in close proximity (within half a mile) to the outer slopes of coral reefs on the edge of the continental shelf .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Marine
Habitat pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous ; marine; depth range 0 - 915 m , usually 0 - 200 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Remark
Known from southwest coast and Mumbai
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: tropical and subtropical waters, occasionally entering temperate waters. Stray individuals migrate into the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Cape of Good Hope, but the existence of Atlantic breeding stocks is unlikely. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Data Deficient
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=217, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65 p.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65 p.
Natural History > Life Cycle
- Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65 p.
Natural History > Migration
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
Natural History > Size
- IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. Cornic, A. 1987 Poissons de l"Ile Maurice. Editions de l"Ocean Indien, Stanley Rose Hill, Ile Maurice. 335 p.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65 p.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65 p. Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65 p.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1992 FAO yearbook 1990. Fishery statistics. Catches and landings. FAO Fish. Ser. (38). FAO Stat. Ser. 70:(105):647 p. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Perciformes |
Family | Istiophoridae |
Genus | Istiompax |
Species | Istiompax indica (Cuvier 1832) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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