#billfish giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
supertype: scombroid_fish__scombroidfish__scombroid important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
member of: family_Istiophoridae
subtype: marlin__spearfish large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
subtype: blue_marlin__Makaira_nigricans largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
subtype: Makaira_mazara__black_marlin__blackmarlin Pacific marlin
subtype: black_marlin__blackmarlin__Makaira_marlina Pacific marlin
subtype: striped_marlin__stripedmarlin__Makaira_mitsukurii Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes
subtype: white_marlin__whitemarlin__Makaira_albida small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
subtype: spearfish any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare
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