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Series XIPHIIFORMES 



Family 166. ISTIOPHORID^. Sailfishes; Spearfishes 



Genus 698. ISTIOPHORUS Lacepede. Sailfishes. 



Istiophorus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1803, 374 (/. gladifer 



Lacepede = <Scor/i6er gladius Broussonet). 

 Noiistium Herrmann, Obs. Zool., 1804, 305 {N. gladius Herrmann). 

 Zanclurus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish., Amphib., etc., II, 1839, 239 



(Histiophorus indicus Cuvier and Valenciennes = i/. gladius). 

 Histiophorus of authors, revised spelling. 



2055. Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Brazil, and West Indies, north to Woods Hole. 



Histiophorus americanus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 VIII, 1831, 303, Brazil; after Guebucu of Marcgrave. 



2056. Istiophorus wrighti Jordan and Evermann. 



West Indies northward to Florida. 



Istiophorus wrighti Jordan and Evermann, Occ. Paper No. 12, Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Sept. 30, 1926, 43, pi. 12, fig. 2, coast of Florida. 



2057. Istiophorus greyi Jordan and Hill. Mexican sailfish; Pacific volador. 



Pacific coast of Mexico, north to Cape San Lucas. 



Istiophorus greyi Jordan and Hill, in Jordan and Evermann, Occ. Paper 



No. 12, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Sept. 30, 1926, 41, pi. 14, near Cape 



San Lucas, Lower California. 



2058. Istiophorus volador Jordan and Evermann. Volador; Florida sailfish. 



About Florida Keys. 



Istiophorus volador Jordan and Evermann, Occ. Paper No. 12, Calif. 



Acad. Sci., Sept. 30, 1926, 46, pi. 12, fig. 1, Long Key, Fla. 

 Istiophorus maguirei Jordan and Evermann, loc. cit., 45, pi. 13, West 



Indies; apparently young of volador. 



Genus 699. MAKAIRA Lacepede. Marlinspike fishes; Spearfishes. 



Makaira Larejjede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 688 {M. nigricans Lac). 



2059. Makaira mazara (Jordan and Snyder). Black marlin; Kurokajiki 



{Black spearfish); Mazaara {real swordfish) ; Kuroka {black marlin). 

 Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Hawaiian Islands and the Channel 



Islands, Calif. 

 Tetrapturus mazara Jordan and Snyder, Jour. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. 



Tokyo, XV, May 20, 1901, 4, 305, Misaki, Japan. 



2060. Makaira ampla (Poey). Aguja de Casta. 



West Indies. 



Tetrapturus amplus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 243, Habana. 



2061. Makaira marlina Jordan and Evermann. Giant black marlin. 



Southern California, south to Cape San Lucas. 



Makaira marlina Jordan and Evermann, Occ. Paper No. 12, Calif. 



Acad. Sci., Sept. 30, 1926, 59, pi. 17, off Cape San Lucas, Lower 



California. 



2062. Makaira mitsukurii (Jordan and Snyder). Marlinspike fish; Barred 



marlin; Makajiki or true spearfish of Japan. 

 Coasts of Japan; Hawaii; southern California; abundant off Santa 



Catalina. 

 ITetrapturus indicus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VIII 



1831, 286, Sumatra, on a figure by Banks. 

 ? H istiophorus audax Philippi. 

 Tetrapturus mitsukurii Jordan and Snvder, .Jour., Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ 



Tokyo, XV, pt. 2, 1901, 304, PI. XVI, fig. 5, fishwell at Misaki. 



2063. Makaira holei .Jordan and Evermann. Striped marlin. 



Off Pacific coast of Mexico, north to Cape San Lucas. 



Makaira holei Jordan and Evermann, Occ. Papers No. 12, Calif. Acad. 



Sci., Sept. 30, 1926, 63, pi. 19, fig. 1, off Cape San Lucas, Lower 



California. 



