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Kajikia albida
(Poey 1860)
Kajikia albida
was originally described as
Tetrapturus albida
by Poey in 1860. It belongs to the family
Istiophoridae
. It is commonly known as Atlantic white marlin but has many other common names such as Atlantic white marlin in Australia, white marlin in USA, Nishimakajiki in Japan, Agulhao in Brazil, White marlin in South Africa, Wit marlyn in South Africa.
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It is found in Salt water.
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Species
albida
AuthorWI
Poey [F.]
AuthorNI
Poey
Qualification
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Year
1860
Status
Valid
Class
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Order
Istiophoriformes
Istiophoriformes
Family
Istiophoridae
Subfamily
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Genus
Kajikia
Subgenus
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Class
Osteichthyes
Order
Istiophoriformes
Family
Istiophoridae
Genus
Kajikia
Original Name
Tetrapturus
Taxon Name
albidus
Original Combination
Tetrapturus albidus
Original Genus
Tetrapturus
Original Genus Species
Tetrapturus albidus
OriginalSubGenus
Tetrapturus
Original Author
Poey
Original AuthorWI
Poey [F.]
Original Qualification
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Original Year
1860
Original Family
Istiophoridae
Original SubFamily
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Original Level
species
Type Locality
Cuba.
Primary Code
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Primary Type
No types known
Journal
Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba
Citation
v. 2
Page
237
Illustrations
Pls. 15-17
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Current Genus Species
Kajikia albida
Current Species
albida
Current Genus
Kajikia
Current AuthorWI
Poey [F.]
Current AuthorNI
Poey
Current Year
1860
Current Family
Istiophoridae
Current Subfamily
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Habitat
marine.
Water
Salt water
Habitat Notes
Usually above the thermocline. Its distribution varies seasonally, reaching higher latitudes in both the northern and southern hemispheres only during the respective warm seasons. Usually found in deep (over 100 m) blue water with surface temperatures over 22°C and salinities of 35 to 37 ppt. Currents of 0.5 to 2 knots occur over much of its habitat. Feeds on fishes and squids. Flesh is of excellent quality.
Current Summary
Valid as
Kajikia albida
(Poey 1860). Istiophoridae.
Name History
•Valid as Tetrapturus albidus Poey 1860 -- (de Sylva 1973:480 [ref. 7210], Nakamura 1983:309 [ref. 5371], Heemstra 1986:841 [ref. 5660], Nakamura 1985:35 [ref. 20161], Nakamura in Whitehead et al. 1986:1003 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:265 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:469 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:181 [ref. 14674], Nakamura 1990:1005 [ref. 19483], Boschung 1992:170 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:343 [ref. 23827], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:174 [ref. 25472], Cervigón 1994:236 [ref. 24488], Fierstine & Voigt 1996:148 [ref. 22401], Santos et al. 1997:109 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:103 [ref. 24952], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:336 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:169 [ref. 27754], Collette in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:515 [ref. 26158], Nakamura 2003:1865 [ref. 27116], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:103 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:177 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:793 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Nión et al. 2016:54 [ref. 35565]). •Valid as Kajikia albida (Poey 1860) -- (Collette et al. 2006:466 [ref. 28911], Page et al. 2013:182 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:182 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:84 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:11 [ref. 33516], Nakamura & Collette in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2942 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:169 [ref. 36444], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Collette & Graves 2019:303 [ref. 37341]).
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audax
Kajikia audax
(Philippi [R. A.] 1887)
Valid
formosana
Kajikia formosana
Hirasaka [K.] & Nakamura [H.] 1947
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