Blue MarlinCongratulations, you caught a Fish!
Blue Marlin(Makaira nigricans)
Description: color cobalt blue on top shading to silvery white on bottom; upper jaw
elongated in form of spear; dorsal fin and pointed at front end; pectoral fin and anal fin
pointed; lateral line reticulated (interwoven like a net), difficult to see in large
specimens; no dark spots on dorsal fin; body covered with imbedded scales ending in one or
two sharp points.
Found: OFFSHORE, a blue water fish.
Size: largest of the Atlantic marlins, common to 11 feet, known to exceed 2,000 pounds.
