Atlantic longbill spearfish

The Atlantic longbill spearfish lives in the pelagic-oceanic, oceanodromous, marine, depth range 0 - 200 m , usually 100 - m environment.

The Atlantic longbill spearfish is a beautiful silvery pelagic billfish very comparable to its close relative, the white marlin. More

Common names

Aguja in Spanish (español)
Aguja del Pacífico in Spanish (español)
Aguja picuda in Spanish (español)
Agulhão estilete in Portuguese (Português)
Agulhão-estilete in Portuguese (Português)
Atlantic longbill spearfish in English
Centrolophe noir in French (français)
Espadim bicudo in Portuguese (Português)
Espadim-bicudo in Portuguese (Português)
Kuchinaga in Japanese (日本語)
Kuchinagafuurai in Japanese (日本語)
Langbek-speervis in Afrikaans
Langnæbbet spydfisk in Danish (dansk)
Långnosad spjutfisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Langschnauziger speerfisch in German (Deutsch)
longbill spearfish in English
Makaire à longue pectorale in French (français)
Makaire bécune in French (français)
Malyi kopénosets in Russian (русский язык)
Marlim-bicudo in Portuguese (Português)
marlin trompa larga in Spanish (español)
Marlin-bicudo in Portuguese (Português)
romerillo in Spanish (español)
Varé in Creole, French
Varé in Creoles and Pidgins, French
鋸鱗四鰭旗魚 in Mandarin Chinese
锯鳞四鳍旗鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Istiophoridae
Genus : Tetrapturus
Species : Tetrapturus pfluegeri
Authority : Robins and De Sylva, 1963