Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Histiophorus brevirostris Playfair, 1867, Istiomax indicus (Cuvier, 1832), Istiompax australis Whitley, 1931, Istiompax brevirostris (Playfair, 1867), Istiompax dombraini Whitley, 1954, Istiompax indicus (Cuvier, 1832), Istiompax marlina (Jordan & Hill, 1926), Maikaira indica (Cuvier, 1832), Makaira ampla marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926, Makaira ampla tahitiensis Nichols & LaMonte, 1935, Makaira australis (MacLeay, 1854), Makaira brevirostris (Playfair, 1867), Makaira indica (Cuvier, 1832), Makaira indicus (Cuvier, 1832), Makaira malina Jordan & Hill, 1926, Makaira marhina Jordan & Hill, 1926, Makaira marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926, Makaira marlina marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926, Makaira marlina tahitiensis Nichols & LaMonte, 1935, Makaira mazara tahitiensis Nichols & LaMonte, 1935, Makaira nigricans marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926, Makaira nigricans tahitiensis Nichols & La Monte, 1935, Makaira xantholineata Deraniyagala, 1956, Malina malina (Jordan & Hill, 1926), Marlina marlina (Jordan & Hill, 1926), Tetrapterus australis MacLeay, 1854, Tetrapturus australis MacLeay, 1854, Tetrapturus brevirostris (Playfair, 1867), Tetrapturus indicus Cuvier, 1832 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

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• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
• Yuan, Yao-Wu Mabberley, D., Steane, D. A., Olmstead, R. (2010) Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy TAXON 59 (1) • February 2010: 125–133