FB-1824 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1824 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gadiformes Macruronidae Macruronus Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950 Middelhav-marlin Marlin śródziemnomorski Espadim-do-Mediterrâneo Middelhavsspydfisk Mittelmeer-Marlin Mittelmeer-Speerfisch Mediterranean shortbill spearfish Mediterranean spearfish Marliini Aguglia impériale Auggia imbriale Marlin Marlin de la Méditerranée Marlin de Méditerranée Poisson-pique Iglan Iglun Jaglun Acura imperiale Aguggha imperiali Agugghia 'mpiriale Aguglia imperiale Aguglia imperiale mediterranea Aguglia pelerana Augghia 'mperiali Auglia 'mperiali Ugghia 'mperiali Ugghia 'mpriali Ugulia imperiali Chichukaifuurai Nishifuuraikajiki Imsella imperjali Pastardella Pixxispad Pixxispad qasir Barikuda Iglan Iglokljun Medelhavs-marlin Medelhavsspjutfisk Marlin Marlin balığı Yelken balığı Aguja de pico corto Marlín Marlin del Mediterráneo Marlín del Mediterráneo Jadrovnica Marlí Marlinos Mesogiou Μαρλίνος Μεσογείου 地中海四鰭旗魚 地中海四鳍旗鱼 Histiophorus belone (Rafinesque, 1810) Makaira belone (Rafinesque, 1810) Scheponopodus prototypus Canestrini, 1872 Skeponopodus typus Nardo, 1833 Tetraplurus belone Rafinesque, 1810 Tetrapterurus belone Rafinesque, 1810 Tetrapterus belone Rafinesque, 1810 1990-11-10 2024-10-18 Nakamura, I.0 FAO species catalogue. 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(Ref. 138103) FB-pic-1823-4423 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1995-06-02 1998-12-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1823 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Tebel_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Tebel_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-11-10 00:00:00 2025-10-27 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1823 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology This species is the most common istiophorid in the central basin of the Mediterranean and completes its life cycle inside this sea as far as is known to date. Probably swims in the upper 200 m water layer, generally above or within the thermocline. Travels in pairs, possibly corresponding to a feeding behavior. Feeds on fishes. Probably more widespread in the Mediterranean Sea and may have been identified as T. albidus by anglers and fishermen. Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 43) FB-Distribution-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-11-10 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1823 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Mediterranean Sea: considerably abundant around Italy. No confirmed report from the Black Sea. No adults have been reported east of the Ionian Sea. Highly migratory species. Reportedly caught from the Aegean Sea (Pennetti, pers. comm.). Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 43) FB-Uses-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-11-10 00:00:00 2025-10-27 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1823 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: minor commercial; price category: high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. (Ref. 171) FB-Migration-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-11-10 00:00:00 2025-10-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1823 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. United Nations 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. United Nations. Retrieved on June 30, 2004, from http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/UNCLOS-TOC.htm (Ref. 71039) FB-LifeCycle-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1990-11-10 00:00:00 2025-10-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=1823&StockCode=2019 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Winter and spring might not be an unreasonable hypothesis for the spawning season of this species. Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 43) FB-TrophicStrategy-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1994-03-14 00:00:00 2000-03-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public belone http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Because of its relatively large size, it is probably not preyed upon extensively in the adult phase, although the larval and juvenile stages are taken by large pelagic fishes. Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 43) FB-Size-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-11-10 00:00:00 2025-10-27 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1823 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 240 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4770)); max. published weight: 70.0 kg (Ref. 43) Nakamura, I. 1986 Istiophoridae. p. 1000-1005. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4770) Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 43) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-1823 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-11-10 00:00:00 2025-10-27 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1823 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 71039); marine; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 43) United Nations 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. United Nations. Retrieved on June 30, 2004, from http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/UNCLOS-TOC.htm (Ref. 71039) Nakamura, I. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 43)