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Marlin
Family of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Marlin (disambiguation).
Marlins are fish from the family Istiophoridae, which includes 11 species.
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Marlin | |
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Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Istiophoriformes |
Family: | Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1810 |
Type genus | |
Istiophorus Lacépède, 1801 | |
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