Makaira

Makaira nigricans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xiphioidei
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Xiphioidei

Familia: Istiophoridae
Genus: Makaira
Species: M. indica – M. mazara – M. nigricans

Name

Makaira Lacepède, 1802

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1802 (6 Apr.): Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16.
• Collette, B.B. , J.R. McDowell, and J.E. Graves 2006: Phylogeny of Recent billfishes (Xiphioidei). Bulletin of Marine Science, 79(3): 455-468.
• Parin, N.V. 2003: An annotated catalogue of fish-like vertebrates and fishes of the seas of Russia and adjacent countries: Part 3. Orders Perciformes (excluding suborders Gobioidei, Zoarcoidei and Stichaeoidei) and Tetraodontiformes. Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 43 (suppl. 1): S1-S40. [In English.]
• Makaira Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Marlin, Spearfish