Species Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)

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• Tetrapturus indicus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1832. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 8 509 pp. pls 209-245. [286].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (based on a figure by Banks), Sumatra, Indonesia.
• Tetrapturus australis Macleay, W.S. 1854. The Tetrapturus australis (Macleay); or, Australian sword fish. Illustrated Sydney News 1(23): 177-184 4 figs [Date published 11/Mar/1854] [179] [sometimes treated as a nom. nud., but a description was given in the newspaper].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, Broken Bay, NSW.
• Istiompax australis Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [321] [based on specimen figured in Ramsay, E.P. 1881. Notes on Histiophorus gladius. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(3): 1–295 pl. 8 (295, pl. 8); a secondary homonym of Tetrapturus australis Macleay, 1854].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.2743 mounted, off Wollongong, NSW.
• Istiompax dombraini Whitley, G.P. 1954. More new fish names and records. The Australian Zoologist 12(1): 57-62 fig. 3 [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.3150, off Port Stephens, NSW.
• Makaira marlina Jordan, D.S. & Hill, H.R. in Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1926. A review of the giant mackerel-like fishes, tunnies, spearfishes and swordfishes. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 12: 113 [59-60].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS 609 photograph only, Off Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico.
• Histiophorus brevirostris Playfair, R.L. in Playfair, R.L. & Günther, A. 1866. The Fishes of Zanzibar. London : John van Voorst 146 pp. 21 pls. [53].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH parts and skin (second specimen (rostrum) questionably included), Zanzibar.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shomura, R.S. & Williams, F. (eds) 1975. Proceedings of the International Billfish Symposium Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. 9–12 August 1972. Parts 1–3. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 675: 1-527 figs 1-208 [1974–1975] [17]
• Nakamura, I. 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes, and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 5. Rome : FAO. 65 pp. 41 figs [27]

 

Generic Combinations

• Tetrapterus brevirostris (Playfair, 1866). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1431, changed combination cited)
• Makaira indica (Cuvier, 1832). —
  Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1926. A review of the giant mackerel-like fishes, tunnies, spearfishes and swordfishes. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 12: 1-113 [67]
• Istiompax indicus (Cuvier, 1832). —
  Morrow, J.E. 1959. Istiompax indicus (Cuvier) 1831, a prior name for the black marlin. Copeia 1959(4): 347-349 [347]
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1430)
• Istiompax marlina (Jordan & Hill, 1926). —
  Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [115] (765, changed combination cited)

 

Introduction

The species has long been known as Makaira indica, but recent studies indicated it was distinct from other Marlin species (Collette et al. 2006).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumaustralian, including Lord Howe Island; tropical, subtropical, Indo-Pacific, occasionally entering temperate waters, occasionally eastern Atlantic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, marine, oceanic province, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Often found nearshore.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [230] (as Makaira indica)

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [142] (941, as Makaira indica)

Collette, B.B., McDowell, J.R. & Graves, J.E. 2006. Phylogeny of recent billfishes (Xiphioidei). Bulletin of Marine Science 79(3): 455-468 [464]

Glover, C.J.M. 1994. Family Istiophoridae. pp. 830-832, figs 734-735 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [830] (as Makaira indica)

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [793] (as Makaira indica)

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [104, 141] (as Makaira indica)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [64, 86] (as Makaira indica)

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [370]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [115] (765, as Istiompax marlina)

Nakamura, I. 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes, and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 5. Rome : FAO. 65 pp. 41 figs [27] (as Makaira indica)

Nakamura, I. 2001. Xiphiidae, Istiophoridae. pp. 3757-3764 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3764] (as Makaira indica)

Pepperell, J. 2010. Fishes of the Open Ocean a Natural History & Illustrated Guide. Sydney : University of New South Wales Press Ltd 266 pp. [43]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [441] (as Makaira indica)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [441] (as Makaira indica)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1429, as Istiompax dombraini and 1430, as Istiompax indicus)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [174] (D'ombrain's Marlin [sic])

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [370] (Pacific Black Marlin, Silver Marlin)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [349] (Southern Marlin)

Nakamura, I. 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes, and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 5. Rome : FAO. 65 pp. 41 figs [27] (Black Marlin)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Black Marlin)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Apr-2012		14-Apr-2012	MOVED
15-May-2013		21-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)