Black marlin

Black marlin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Istiophoridae
Genus:	Makaira
Species:	M. indica
Binomial name
Makaira indica Cuvier, 1832

The black marlin (Makaira indica) is a species of marlin found in tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface. It is a large commercial game fish with a maximum published weight of 750 kilograms (1,700 lb), but greater weights than this have been recorded. It is one of the largest marlins and bony fish. This marlin is one of the fastest fish on earth reaching speeds up to 50 mph or 128km/h.^{[1][unreliable source?]} This fish is highly prized if caught.

Sustainable consumption

In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the black marlin to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."^[2]

Speed

50m/hr or 80 km/hr

Notes

1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD7t057XIi8
2. ^ Greenpeace International Seafood Red list. The Black Marlin along with the yellow fin marlin are knowen to stress when caught, there stress levels cause adrenaline in the blood making them go off quicker than other fish.

References

• "Makaira indica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172492. Retrieved 19 March 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Makaira indica" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

External links

• Marlin Impales Boy's Face Youtube, PG.

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