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    Species Accepted

    Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802

    Atlantic blue marlin
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Makaira
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Aburakajiki Japanese
      Atlantic blue marlin English
      Atlantische blauwe marlijn Dutch
      Atlantischer Blauer Marlin German
      Balau blanku Papiamento
      Black marlin English
      Cuban black marlin English
      Empereur French
      Empereur Bleu French
      Kurokajiki Japanese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Mowbray, L. L. (1931). Fauna Bermudensis. Contributions to the Natural History of Bermuda, No. 1, 12 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=396241
      VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota’s, BIN 2016_001, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=258892
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      de Buen, F. (1950). Contribuciones a la Ictiología. III. La familia Istiophoridae y descripción de una especie uruguaya (Makaira perezi de Buen). Publicaciones Cientificas, Servicio Oceanografico Y de Pesca, Ministerio de Industrias Y Trabajo, Montevideo, No. 5: 163–178. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=486063
      Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.). (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores, 432 pp. Chapter 14: Lista de invertebrados marinhos costeiros. Ed A.C. Costa. in Princípia, Oeiras, pp. 287-324. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149079
      Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i–lxiv + 1–632, Pls. 1–20. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=432585
      Nelson, J. S., Crossman, E. J., Espinosa-Pérez, H., Findley, L. T., Gilbert, C. R., Lea, R. N., & Williams, J. D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom, pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=168273
      Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=124438
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128

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