original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 688 [details]
original description
(of Makaira perezi de Buen, 1950) de Buen, F. (1950). Contribuciones a la Ictiología. III. La familia Istiophoridae y descripción de una especie uruguaya (Makaira perezi de Buen). <em>Publicaciones Cientificas, Servicio Oceanografico y de Pesca, Ministerio de Industrias y Trabajo, Montevideo.</em> No. 5: 163-178. [details]
original description
(of Xiphias ensis Lacepède, 1800) Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
page(s): 288 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 688 [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From other sources
Authority Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1801 [details]
Description Oceanic species usually found in waters with surface temperatures ranging from 22° to 31°C. Water color affects the occurrence, at least in the northern Gulf of Mexico, where the fish show preference for blue water. Rarely gathers in schools and usually found as scattered single individuals in the open ocean. Feeds mainly on fishes but also preys on octopods and squids. [details]
Diet Feeds mainly on fishes but also preys on octopods and squids [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: in tropical and temperate waters [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat oceanic species; Water color affects its occurrence, at least in the northern Gulf of Mexico, where the fish show preference for blue water. Rarely gathers in schools and usually found as scattered single individuals [details]
Importance Social- Highly Comercial gamesfish [details]
Remark Type species of genus [details]
Language | Name | |
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Dutch |
blauwe marlijnAtlantische blauwe marlijn |
[details] |
English |
blue marlinAtlantic blue marlin |
[details] |
French |
makaire bleu de l'Atlantique |
[details] |
German |
Atlantischer Blauer Marlin |
[details] |
Russian |
Голубой (синий) атлантический марлин |
[details] |
Spanish |
marlin azul |
[details] |
To Barcode of Life (125 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Makaira herschelii (Gray, 1838))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Makaira ensis (Lacepède, 1800))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Makaira ampla ampla (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Makaira ampla (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Makaira bermudae Mowbray, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Xiphias ensis Lacepède, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Tetrapturus amplus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Makaira perezi de Buen, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Makaira nigricans ampla (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Histiophorus herschelii (Gray, 1838))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Tetrapturus herschelii Gray, 1838)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Makaira nigricans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira ensis (Lacepède, 1800))
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira perezi de Buen, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira bermudae Mowbray, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira ampla (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphias ensis Lacepède, 1800)
To FishBase (from synonym Histiophorus herschelii (Gray, 1838))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapturus amplus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapturus herschelii Gray, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthocraeros bermudae (Mowbray, 1931))
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira nigricans ampla (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira nigricans nigricans Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira ampla ampla (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Maikaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira herschelii (Gray, 1838))
To FishBase images (Makaira nigricans, Brazil, by Baumeier, E.)
To GenBank (702 nucleotides; 419 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources