AnAge entry for Makaira nigricans
Classification (HAGRID: 03823)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Istiophoridae
Genus: Makaira
- Species
- Makaira nigricans
- Common name
- Atlantic blue marlin, or Black spearfish
- Synonyms
- Makaira ampla, Makaira herscheli, Makaira mazara, Makaira herschelii, Tetrapturus herschelii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 28 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 454
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 172491
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 13604
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google