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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Jacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies
  6. Moonfishes and Billfishes
  7. Marlins

family

Marlins

Istiophoridae

Includes
3 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sailfishes 1 native
  • Blue Marlins 1 native
  • Kajikia 1 native
  • Black Marlin
  • Spearfishes

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native marlins All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Blue Marlin Makaira nigricans 220 observations
  • Striped Marlin Kajikia audax 189 observations
  • Atlantic White Marlin Kajikia albida 34 observations

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