Marlin

Tetrapturus

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Makaira

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This article refers to the fish. For other uses, see Marlin (disambiguation)

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Marlin, or spearfish, is a large game fish. It has an elongated body, up to 2.5 m long, a spearlike snout, and a long rigid dorsal fin, which extends forwards to form a crest. Marlins are fast swimmers, occurring in all seas and hunting small fish.

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The larger species include the blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 820 kg in weight, and black marlin, Makaira indicans, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5.0 m in length and 760 kg in weight. They are popular sporting fishes in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish.

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A marlin is a primary character in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

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Spear: A spear is an ancient weapon, used for hunting and war consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a sharpened head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with bamboo spears, or it may be of another material fastened to the shaft. The most common design is of ...

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