WoRMS name details

Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887)

219733  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219733)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Epipelagic and oceanic species, usually found above the thermocline. Most dominant and widely distributed of all...  
Description Epipelagic and oceanic species, usually found above the thermocline. Most dominant and widely distributed of all billfishes. Mostly solitary, but forms small schools by size during the spawning season (Ref. 9987). They are usually dispersed at considerably wide distances. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. Also caught with the harpoon. The flesh is the best among billfishes for sashimi and sushi. Marketed mostly frozen, sometimes fresh (Ref. 43); also smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219733 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z
changed

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basis of record Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Liste complementaire des poissons du Canal de Mozambique. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 83-166 [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Epipelagic and oceanic species, usually found above the thermocline. Most dominant and widely distributed of all billfishes. Mostly solitary, but forms small schools by size during the spawning season (Ref. 9987). They are usually dispersed at considerably wide distances. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. Also caught with the harpoon. The flesh is the best among billfishes for sashimi and sushi. Marketed mostly frozen, sometimes fresh (Ref. 43); also smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]
LanguageName 
English striped marlin  [details]
Japanese マカジキ  [details]
Spanish marlin rayado  [details]