Blue Marlin
Makaira nigricans
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Istiophoridae
- Genus
- Makaira
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 13 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 6 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 22 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 12 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 3 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Hawaii, United States - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 9 records