Atlantic sailfish

Atlantic sailfish

Taxobox
name = Atlantic sailfish
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Istiophoridae
genus = "Istiophorus"
genus_authority = Lacépède, 1801
species = "I. albicans"
binomial = "Istiophorus albicans"
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binomial_authority = (Latreille, 1804)

The Atlantic sailfish, "Istiophorus albicans", is a species of marine fish in the family Istiophoridae of the order Perciformes. It is found in the Atlantic Oceans and the Caribbean Sea, except for large areas of the central North Atlantic and the central South Atlantic, from the surface to depths of 200 m. The Atlantic Sailfish is related to the Marlin.

Length is up to 3.15 m, and the maximum published weight is 58.1 kg.

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