Description: color of body dark blue to
chocolate brown, shading to slivery white underbelly; noticeable sports on
dorsal fin; upper jaw elongated in shape of a spear; body covered with imbedded
scales with a single sharp point; tips of first dorsal, pectoral, and first anal
fins rounded; lateral line curved above pectoral fin then going straight line to
base of tail.
Similiar fish: blue marlin, M. nigricans.
Where found: offshore, a bluewater fish.
Size: common to 8 feet.
Remarks uses its bill to stun fast-moving fishes, then turns to
consume them; spawning procedures unknown; ranges throughtout the Atlantic and
Caribbean; feeds on squid and pelagic fishes.