🐟Black marlin
Mustamarliini (Istiompax indica) on purjekalojen heimoon kuuluva marliini, sukunsa (Istiompax) ainoa laji. Mustamarliini on yleinen ja suosittu saalis urheilukalastuksessa. Sen liha on syötäväksi hyvälaatuista. Lihaa myydään yleisesti pakasteena. Japanissa siitä myös tehdään sashimia. Mustamarliini voi uida nopeimmillaan noin 130 kilometriä tunnissa. Mustamarliini syö pikkukaloja, kalmareita, seepioita, tursaita ja suuria äyriäisiä.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 750 kg
- Body length
- 3.8 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Black marlin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass750 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length3.8 mrecord 4.65 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level4.5FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.5 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l750 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black marlin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPerciformes
- ›familyIstiophoridae
- ›genusIstiompax
- ›speciesIstiompax indica
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderIstiophoriformes
- familyIstiophoridae
- genusIstiompax
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderIstiophoriformes
- familyIstiophoridae
- genusIstiompax
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