Species details : Kajikia albida (Poey, 1860)

Accepted scientific name:
Kajikia albida (Poey, 1860) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Kajikia albida  (Poey, 1860)
Synonyms:
Lamontella albida (Poey, 1860) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Lamontella albida (Poey, 1860)
Makaira albida (Poey, 1860) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Makaira albida (Poey, 1860)
Makaira lessonae (Canestrini, 1861) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Makaira lessonae (Canestrini, 1861)
Tetrapterus albidus Poey, 1860 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrapterus albidus Poey, 1860
Tetrapterus imperator (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Tetrapterus imperator (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860
Tetrapturus belone (non Rafinesque, 1810) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Tetrapturus belone (non Rafinesque, 1810)
Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Wit marlyn - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Wit marlyn - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Varé - Creole, French Martinique Click here to show the literature
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Hvid marlin - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Witte marlijn - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Atlantic white marlin - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Marlin - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Skilligalee - English USA Click here to show the literature
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White marlin - English - Click here to show the literature
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White marlin - English Canada Click here to show the literature
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White marlin - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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White marlin - English St Helena Click here to show the literature
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White marlin - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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White marlin - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Valkomarliini - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Espadon - French Morocco Click here to show the literature
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Makaire blanc - French Canada Click here to show the literature
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Makaire blanc - French France Click here to show the literature
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Makaire blanc - French Martinique Click here to show the literature
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Makaire blanc de l'Atlantique - French France Click here to show the literature
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Weißer Marlin - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Weißer Marlin - German Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Augghia peddirina - Italian Italy(Sicilia.) Click here to show the literature
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Augghia pilligrina - Italian Italy(Sicilia.) Click here to show the literature
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Marlin bianco - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
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Nishimaka - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Nishimakajiki - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Bag-sae-chi - Korean - Click here to show the literature
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白枪鱼 Bai qiang yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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白槍魚 Bai ciang yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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白色四鰭旗魚 Bai se sih ci ci yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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白色四鳍旗鱼 Bai se si qi qi yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Marlinos Atlantikou - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Μαρλίνος Aτλαντικού Marlinos Atlantikou Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Hvit marlin - Norwegian Norway Click here to show the literature
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Marlin bialy - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Agulha - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Agulhão - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Agulhão branca - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Agulhão-branco - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Agulhão-prata - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Bicuda - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Espadarte meca - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Espadarte-branco - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Espadarte-meca - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Espadim branco - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Espadim-branco - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Espadim-branco do Atlântico - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Espadim-branco-do-Atlântico - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Espadium branco - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Espadium pequenho - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Espadon branco do Atlantico - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Marlim-branco - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Marlim-branco - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Marlin-branco - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Marlin-branco - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Peto - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Marlin alb - Romanian Romania Click here to show the literature
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Belyi marlin - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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копьеносец белая - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Копьеносец белый (=марлин белый) - Russian - Click here to show the literature
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марлин белый - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Aguja blanca - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Aguja blanca - Spanish Nicaragua Click here to show the literature
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Aguja blanca - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Aguja blanca - Spanish Venezuela Click here to show the literature
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Aguja blanca del Alántico - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Aguja de costa - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Aguja de paladar - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Alfiler - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Alton - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Blanca - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Cabezona - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Cometa - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Marlin blanca - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Pez aguja - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Spjutfisk - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Vit marlin - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Istiophoridae FishBase
Genus Kajikia FishBase
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: roughly from 45°N to 45°S in the southwestern Atlantic and 35°S in the southeastern Atlantic. Records from the Mediterranean Sea, and from Bretagne, France seem to correspond to a few straying individuals. Classified as 'reduced' (Ref. 12451). It is unclear whether there are two separate stocks or a single population in the Atlantic. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=219
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:004edc4c-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401