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| RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS Common Name AFS Scientific Name AFS Other Names AFS Synonyms | FAO Scientific Name FAO Species Code FAO Common Name English FAO Common Name French FAO Common Name Spanish | FAO Synonyms |
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| Blue Marlin | FDA-SL Market Name: Marlin FDA-SL Common Name: Blue Marlin FDA-SL Sci. Name: Makaira nigricans FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: bm FDA RFE 8 Letter code: makanigr | Vernac. 1) Sailfish Vernac. 2) Spikefish Vernac. 3) Boohoo Vernac. 4) Agika Prieta Vernac. 5) Kurokajiki | AFS Common Name: Blue Marlin AFS Sci. Name: Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. | FAO Sci. Name: Makaira nigaricans Lacepède, 1802 FAO Species Code: ISTIO Mak 1 FAO Common English: Atlantic blue marlin FAO Common French: Makaire bleu de l'Atlantique FAO Common Spanish: Aguja azul del Atlántico | FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802, Histoire naturelle des Poissons, 4:688-91, pl. 12 (Fig. 3). Ile de Re, Bay of Biscay). FAO Synonyms: Tetrapturus herschelii Gray, 1838; Histiophorus herschelii-Günther, 1860; Tetrapturus amplus Poey, 1860; Tetrapturus herschelii-Lütken, 1880; Makaira herscheli-Jordan & Evermann, 1896; Makaira ampla-Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Makaira ensis Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Makaira bermudae Mowbray, 1931; Makaira nigricans nigricans-Nichols & LaMonte, 1935; Makaira nigricans ampla-Nichols & LaMonte, 1935; Makaira ampla ampla-LaMonte & Marcy, 1941; Makaira perezi deBuen, 1950; Orthocraeros bermudae-Smith, 1956; Makaira herschelii-Smith, 1956; Makaira (Makaira) nigricans-Robins & deSylva. |
| Thumbnail | Seafood List (Common, Genus/Species, Market) | Occurence (AFS) | Occurence (FAO) |
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 | Blue Marlin Makaira nigricans Marlin | A-P | This species is distributed mainly in the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic. It is the most tropical of all Atlantic billfishes and probable more abundant in the western than in the eastern Atlantic, judging from the hook rates attained by commercial fisheries in both areas. Its latitudinal range, based on data from the commercial longline fishery, extends from about 40° to 45°N in the North Atlantic to 40°S in the western South Atlantic, 30°S in the central South Atlantic, and 35°S in the eastern South Atlantic. |
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