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Sailfish(Istiophorus platypterus)
Description: color dark blue on top, brown-blue laterally, silvery white underbelly; upper
jaw elongated in form of spear; first dorsal greatly enlarged in the form of a sail, with
many black spots, its front squared off, highest at its midpoint; pelvic fins very narrow,
reaching almost to the anus; body covered with imbedded scales, blunt at end; lateral line
curved over pectoral, then straight to base of tail.
Found: OFFSHORE species, in south Florida associated with waters near the Gulf Stream; off
the Panhandle near the 100-fathom line.
Size: common to 7 feet. 
