Makaira nigricans

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Makaira nigricans - largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas

blue marlin

marlin - large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes

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blue marlin marlin			Materials and methods Surface mucous and autologous skeletal muscle samples were collected from three individuals from each of the following species: Makaira nigricans (blue marlin), Tetrapturus albidus (white marlin), Istiophorus platypterus (sailfish), and Xiphias gladius (swordfish). Surface mucous as a source of genomic DNA from Atlantic billfishes ... by Hoolihan, John P.; Perez, Nerida F.; Faugue, Ronald M.; Bernard, Andrea M.; Horn, Rebekah L.; Snodgr / Fishery Bulletin Synopsis of biological data on blue marlin, Makaira nigricans Lacepede, 1802. Survival of white marlin (Tetropturus albidus) released from ... by Kerstetter, David W.; Graves, John E. / Fishery Bulletin Estimating age and growth of young Atlantic blue marlin Makaira nigricans from otolith microstructure. Toward identification of larval sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), ... by Luthy, Stacy A.; Cowen, Robert K.; Serafy, Joseph E.; McDowell, Jan R. / Fishery Bulletin			majority majority carrier majority holding majority leader majority operation majority opinion majority rule majorly majors Majorship Majoun Majunga Majuro Majusculae majuscular majuscule Majuscule writing mak makable Makah Makaira Makaira albida Makaira marlina Makaira mazara Makaira mitsukurii Makaira nigricans Makalu makar Makarios III makaron Makasar Makassar Makassar Strait Makataimeshekiakiak Makati make make a clean breast of make a face make a motion make a note of make a point make a stink make after Make and break make as if make away make believe make bold make clean make do make for			MAK Maka Maka makable makable makable makable Makadishu Makadishu Makaenok, Andrei Makaenok, Andrei Egorovich Makah Makah Makah Indian Reservation Makah Indian Reservation Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington Makahiya Makahs Makahs Makai Senki Disgaea MAKAIAS Makaira Makaira albida Makaira indica Makaira marlina Makaira mazara Makaira mitsukurii Makaira nigricans Makalu Makalu Makalu-Barun National Park Makama Makao Makao Makapuu Point State Wayside makar Makar Anisimovich Posmitnyi Makar Ekmalian Makar Evsevev Makar Evsevevich Evsevev Makar Grigorevich Ekmalian Makar Mazai Makar Nikitovich Mazai Makar Posmitnyi Makar Sankranti Makarakskii Makarenko, Anton Makarenko, Anton Semenovich Makarenko, Anton Semyonovich Makarev Makarev Fair Makarev, Leonid Makarev, Leonid Fedorovich

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