Sunday, August 15, 2010

Raffles Museum Treasures: Black marlin

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Black marlin (Makaira indica)
Collected from East Coast, November 1986
Vagrant

Like the leatherback turtle found at Siglap, this only known representative of an oceanic species is likely to be a stray individual.

Raffles Museum News: Working on the Black Marlin exhibit
FishBase
ARKive
MarineBio.org
Australian Museum Fact Sheets
Photos of Huge Game Fish


(Photo by blackmarlinfishingblog)