Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Perciformes > Family: Istiophoridae > Genus: Makaira > Species: Makaira nigricans

Atlantic blue marlin - Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802

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Threat status Europe Not evaluated (IUCN)

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

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Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Not evaluated

EU

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Aguja azul Spanish Fishbase
Aguja azul del Atlantico Spanish Fishbase
Atlantic blue marlin English Fishbase
Blå marlin Norwegian Fishbase
Blå marlin Swedish Fishbase
Blauer marlin German Fishbase
Blauwe marlijn Dutch Fishbase
Blue marlin English Fishbase
Espadarte-sombra Portuguese Fishbase
Espadim-azul Portuguese Fishbase
Espadim-azul-do-Atlântico Portuguese Fishbase
Espadium azul Portuguese Fishbase
Espadium azul do Atlantico Portuguese Fishbase
Makaira blekitna Polish Fishbase
Makaire bleu French Fishbase
Makaire bleu de l'Atlantique French Fishbase
Marlin albastru Romanian Fishbase
Marlin azzurro Italian Fishbase
Peito Portuguese Fishbase
Peixe agulha Portuguese Fishbase
Purjemarliini Finnish Fishbase
Sinimarliini Finnish Fishbase
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea search Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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