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FISH FACTS |
Description
Distinctive elongated sword-like upper jaw, elongated body and sail-like dorsal fin. Dorsal surface of body dark with a series of vertical stripes; lighter below.
A fast predatory fish that is highly migratory. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods (the group that includes octopus, cuttlefish, squid). A popular sportfish reaching 100 kg.
Author credit: Michael Hammer / Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Habitat
Open, oceanic waters.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Around Australia.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Istiophoridae | | Genus: | Istiophorus | | Species: | platypterus | | Common Name: | Indo-Pacific Sailfish |
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