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Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802

Blue marlin
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Trinidad and Tobago country information

Common names: Blue marlin, Maman-balatre, Marlin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Ramjohn, D.D., 2000
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Caught mainly off the north coast of Trinidad and off Tobago, especially associated with the flyingfish fishery (Ref. 36613). Also Ref. 5217, 33407.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.cep.unep.org/trini_tbgo/fisheries/index.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Istiophoridae (Billfishes)
Etymology: Makaira: Greek,makaira, -as = happy, rich (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

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