marlin
Noun
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Large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes;
Related to sailfishes and spearfishes;
Not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes (synset 102633671)is a type of: billfish - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jawsubtypes:- blue marlin, makaira nigricans - largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
- black marlin, makaira marlina, makaira mazara - large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds
- makaira mitsukurii, striped marlin - Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes
- makaira albida, white marlin - small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
belongs to: genus makaira, makaira - marlins
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