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Shortbill spearfish
Tetrapturus angustirostris
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Shortbill spearfish
- Scientific
- Tetrapturus angustirostris
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.3 m (total length); commonly 1.9 m; max. published weight 52 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean, near the surface and in mid-water, recorded from 0 to 1830 m (usually 0 to 350 m)
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2021
Description
A slender billfish with a short bill, dark blue above and silvery below, reaching about 2.3 m. It lives in the open ocean above the thermocline.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Tetrapturus-angustirostris.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Makaire_à_rostre_court_(Tetrapturus_angustirostris)_(Ifreme
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.