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. more common names It is found in Salt water.

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Species	albida
AuthorWI	Poey [F.]
AuthorNI	Poey
Qualification	---
Year	1860
Status	Valid
Class	Osteichthyes Osteichthyes
Order	Istiophoriformes Istiophoriformes
Family	Istiophoridae
Subfamily	--- ---
Genus	Kajikia
Subgenus	---

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	---
Original Year	1860
Original Family	Istiophoridae
Original SubFamily	---
Original Level	species

Type Locality	Cuba.


Primary Code	---
Primary Type	No types known
Journal	Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba
Citation	v. 2
Page	237
Illustrations	Pls. 15-17


SubSpecies AuthorWI	---

Qualification SS	---










Current Subspecies AuthorWI	---

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	--- ---


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]).