Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4c768279-ae6b-4f3e-b0c0-48d3d144a1a0

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Makaira indica
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO

Description

The Black Marlin has an elongate body with a stout bill, that in cross section is rounded. It has two dorsal fins, two anal fins, a lunate caudal fin and two strong keels on the side of the caudal peduncle. The pelvic fins can be depressed into a groove. The pectoral fins stick out from the side of the body and cannot be depressed. ... source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Images
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Images
OZ Animals
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author
Wikipedia: Reference, Images

Images

Makaira indica
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Licence: CC Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Makaira indica	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Tetrapturus indicus Cuvier, 1832	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1832. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Paris : Levrault Vol. 8 pp. 509 pp. pls 209-245
Tetrapturus australis Macleay, 1854	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Macleay, W.S. 1854. The Tetrapturus australis (Macleay); or, Australian sword fish. Illustr. Sydney News Vol. 1 (23) pp. 177-184 4 figs
Istiompax australis Whitley, 1931	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. Aust. Zool. Vol. 6 (4) pp. 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27
Istiompax dombraini Whitley, 1954	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1954. More new fish names and records. Aust. Zool. Vol. 12 (1) pp. 57-62 fig. 3

Common Names

Common name	Source
Black Marlin Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia OZ Animals Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Pacific Black Marlin Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Short Nosed Sword Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Silver Marlin Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Black Marlin Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Black-marlin Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
D'ombrain's Marlin [sic] Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Giant Black Marlin Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Marlin Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Silver Marlin Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Southern Marlin Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Makaira indica (Cuvier, 1832)

Black Marlin