White Marlin, a Sailfish

Tetrapturus albidus. Also called a billfish or spearfish, “the dorsal fin is low or moderately developed, and the ventrals are represented only by spines. It inhabits American waters as far north as New England in summer, and is not seldom taken in fathoms deep. The spear-fish is related to the swordfish (though of another family), and has a similar beak or sword. It attains a length of six or eight feet. In the West Indies its Spanish name is aguja.” —Whitney, 1889

Keywords

sword, spear, Swordfish, beak, bill, marlin, spines, pointed nose, billfish, low dorsal fin, sharp beak, sharp bill, sharp nose, spearfish, tetrapturus albidus, white marlin, aguja

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Fish: H-N, Fish: S

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5804

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