WoRMS name details
Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887)
219733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219733)
unaccepted
Species
Makairaf grammatica Jordan & Evermann, 1926 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Histiophorus audax Philippi, 1887) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Historia natural.--Sobre los tiburones y algunos otros peces de Chile. [Plus:] Apendice sobre el peje-espada, peje-aguja, peje-perro i vieja negra. <em>Anales de la Universidad de Chile Sec.</em> 1, v. 71: 535-574, Pls. 1-8. [details]
Description Epipelagic and oceanic species, usually found above the thermocline. Most dominant and widely distributed of all...
Description Epipelagic and oceanic species, usually found above the thermocline. Most dominant and widely distributed of all billfishes. Mostly solitary, but forms small schools by size during the spawning season (Ref. 9987). They are usually dispersed at considerably wide distances. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. Also caught with the harpoon. The flesh is the best among billfishes for sashimi and sushi. Marketed mostly frozen, sometimes fresh (Ref. 43); also smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219733 on 2025-07-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Histiophorus audax Philippi, 1887) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Historia natural.--Sobre los tiburones y algunos otros peces de Chile. [Plus:] Apendice sobre el peje-espada, peje-aguja, peje-perro i vieja negra. <em>Anales de la Universidad de Chile Sec.</em> 1, v. 71: 535-574, Pls. 1-8. [details]
basis of record Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Liste complementaire des poissons du Canal de Mozambique. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 83-166 [details]
basis of record Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Liste complementaire des poissons du Canal de Mozambique. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 83-166 [details]
Other
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Epipelagic and oceanic species, usually found above the thermocline. Most dominant and widely distributed of all billfishes. Mostly solitary, but forms small schools by size during the spawning season (Ref. 9987). They are usually dispersed at considerably wide distances. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. Also caught with the harpoon. The flesh is the best among billfishes for sashimi and sushi. Marketed mostly frozen, sometimes fresh (Ref. 43); also smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | striped marlin | [details] |
| Japanese | マカジキ | [details] |
| Spanish | marlin rayado | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Tetrapturus audax, by Archambault, C.)
To GenBank (706 nucleotides; 179 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Tetrapturus audax, by Archambault, C.)
To GenBank (706 nucleotides; 179 proteins)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
