WoRMS taxon details
Kajikia albida (Poey, 1860)
712906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712906)
accepted
Species
Lamontella albida (Poey, 1860) · unaccepted
Makaira albida (Poey, 1860) · unaccepted
Makaira lessonae (Canestrini, 1861) · unaccepted
Tetrapterus albidus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Kajikia albida (Poey, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712906 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
original description (of Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861) Canestrini, G. (1862). Sopra una nuova specie di Tetrapturus. <em>Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia.</em> v. 1 (no. 2) (for 1861): 259-261, Pl. 17.
page(s): 259, Pl. 17 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861) Canestrini, G. (1862). Sopra una nuova specie di Tetrapturus. <em>Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia.</em> v. 1 (no. 2) (for 1861): 259-261, Pl. 17.
page(s): 259, Pl. 17 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | witte marlijn | [details] |
| English | white marlin [from synonym]Atlantic white marlin | [details] |
| French | makaire blanc de l'Atlantique | [details] |
| German | weißer Marlin | [details] |
| Spanish | marlin blanco [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (163 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lamontella albida (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Tetrapterus albidus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Makaira albida (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Makaira lessonae (Canestrini, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kajikia albida)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira lessonae (Canestrini, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira albida (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Lamontella albida (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapterus albidus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Tetrapturus albidus, by Chow, S.) (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 170 proteins) (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 170 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lamontella albida (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Tetrapterus albidus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Makaira albida (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Makaira lessonae (Canestrini, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kajikia albida)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira lessonae (Canestrini, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Makaira albida (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Lamontella albida (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrapterus albidus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Tetrapturus albidus, by Chow, S.) (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 170 proteins) (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 170 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860)
To PESI
To ITIS
