Marlin

The is a large game fish. It has an elongated body that in larger species can be in excess of 4 metres (13 ft) long, a spearlike snout, and a long rigid dorsal fin which extends forwards to form a crest. are fast swimmers, occurring in all seas and hunting small and large fish.

The larger species include the Atlantic blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5 metres (16 ft) in length and 820 kilograms (1,800 lb) in weight, and black marlin, Makaira indica, which have been reliably recorded in excess of 5 m in length and 670 kilograms (1,470 lb) in weight. It is a cousin to the Swordfish. Marlins are very fast and can swim 100 metres (330 ft) in about 4 seconds. They are popular sporting fishes in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish.

Marlin are rarely table fare. Most modern sport fishermen release after unhooking. Some that are top record setting fish are taken and weighed on shore. Those records are most often recorded in the IGFA World Record Game Fishes books.