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Spearfishes
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Spearfishes

Tetrapturus

Tetrapturus is a genus of marlins found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular in big-game fishing.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Mediterranean Spearfish

speciesTetrapturus belone

Shortbill Spearfish

speciesTetrapturus angustirostris

Longbill Spearfish

speciesTetrapturus pfluegeri

Roundscale Spearfish

speciesTetrapturus georgii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92455.