A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Istiophoridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic sailfishIstiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804) | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indo-Pacific sailfishIstiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic white marlinKajikia albida (Poey, 1860) | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| striped marlinKajikia audax (Philippi, 1887) | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indo-Pacific blue marlinMakaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic blue marlinMakaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortbill spearfishTetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka, 1915 | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean spearfishTetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| roundscale spearfishTetrapturus georgii Lowe, 1841 | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longbill spearfishTetrapturus pfluegeri Robins & de Sylva, 1963 | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.