Marlin
Marlin
Maurice Ashley
<catset>Category="Fish"</catset><table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> Marlin</b></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;">[image]<br><small> Striped marlin</small></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Animal">Animalae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Phylum:</td><td><a href="Chordate">Chordata</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Class:</td><td><a href="Actinopterygii">Actinopterygii</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Order:</td><td><a href="Perciformes">Perciformes</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Family:</td><td>Istiophoridae</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center; background: pink;"><th><b> Genera</b></th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 .5em;"> <i>Tetrapturus</i><br><i>Makaira</td></tr></table><p></i>This article refers to the fish. For other uses, see <a href="Marlin (disambiguation)">Marlin (disambiguation)</a><i><p><b>Marlin</b>, or <b>spearfish</b>, is a large game <a href="Fish (disambiguation)">fish</a>. It has an elongated body, up to 2.5 <a href="Metre">m</a> long, a <a href="Spear">Spear</a>like <a href="Snout">Snout</a>, and a long rigid <a href="Dorsal">Dorsal</a> <a href="Finland">fin</a>, which extends forwards to form a crest. Marlins are fast swimmers, occurring in all seas and hunting small fish.<p>The larger species include the blue marlin, </i>Makaira nigricans<i>, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 820 <a href="Kilogram">kg</a> in weight, and black marlin, </i>Makaira indicans<i>, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 760 kg in weight. They are popular <a href="Sport fishing">sporting fishes</a> in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish.<p>[image] A marlin is a primary character in <a href="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a>'s </i><a href="The Old Man and the Sea">The Old Man and the Sea</a>''.