Striped marlin

Striped marlin
Hooked striped marlin
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Istiophoridae
Genus:	Kajikia
Species:	K. audax
Binomial name
Kajikia audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887)
Synonyms
Histiophorus audax Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887 Istiophorus audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Makaira audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Marlina audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Tetrapturus audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Tetrapturus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Kajikia mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Makaira mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Marlina mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Makaira zelandica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Makaira audax zelandica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Marlina zelandica (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Makaira grammatica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Makaira holei D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Tetrapturus ectenes D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Kajikia formosana Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947 Makaira formosana (Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947) Tetrapturus tenuirostratus Deraniyagala, 1951 Makaira tenuirostratus (Deraniyagala, 1951) Marlina jauffreti J. L. B. Smith, 1956

The striped marlin, Kajikia audax, is a species of marlin found in tropical to temperate Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface. It is a desirable commercial and game fish with a record weight (in 1982) of 190 kg (420 lb) and a maximum length of 4.2 m (13.8 ft). The striped marlin is a predator that hunts during the day in the top 100 metres or so of the water column, often near the surface. One of their chief prey is sardines.

In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the striped marlin to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."

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