Kajikia
Genus of fishes
Kajikia | |
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White marlin (K. albida) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Istiophoriformes |
Family: | Istiophoridae |
Genus: | Kajikia Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947 |
Type species | |
Istiophorus formosanus Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947 |
Kajikia is a genus of billfishes found in all subtropical oceans.[1]
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Kajikia albida (Poey, 1860) (white marlin)
- Kajikia audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) (striped marlin)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Kajikia in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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Billfish
- Xiphiidae
Sailfish (2 species) | |
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Istiompax (1 species) | |
Makaira (2 species) | |
Kajikia (2 species) | |
Tetrapturus (4 species) |
- Apex predators
- Predatory fish
- Oceanic fish
- Big-game fishing
- Marlin fishing
- Marlin (magazine)
- Gray's paradox
- Protosphyraena (fossil)
- Scombridae
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