Biology:Makaira
Makaira (Latin via Greek: μαχαίρα "sword") is a genus of marlin in the family Istiophoridae. It includes the Atlantic blue and Indo-Pacific blue marlins.[1] In the past, the black marlin was also included in this genus, but today it is placed in its own genus, Istiompax.
Species
- Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 (Atlantic blue marlin)
- Makaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Indo-Pacific blue marlin)
Although they are traditionally listed as separate species, recent research indicates that the Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara) may be parapatric populations of the same species.[1][2]
The following fossil species are also known:[3][4]
- †Makaira adensa Gracia et al, 2024 - late Miocene of Italy
- †Makaira belgica (Lériche, 1926) - middle Miocene of Belgium, late Miocene of Italy
- †Makaira colonense Gracia et al, 2022 - late Miocene of Panama
- †Makaira cyclovata Gracia et al, 2024 - late Miocene of Italy
- †Makaira fierstini Gracia et al, 2022 - late Miocene of Panama
- †Makaira panamense Fierstine, 1978 - late Miocene of Panama
- †Makaira purdyi Fierstine, 1999 - Pliocene of North Carolina, USA
- †Makaira teretirostris (Rütimeyer, 1857) - early Pliocene of France
Phylogenetic analyses recover these fossil Makaira as together forming a clade more derived than the extant species, despite all of them being extinct.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Makaira in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ↑ Chen, Hui; Chang, Chia-Hao; Sun, Chi-Lu; Shao, Kwang-Tsao; Yeh, Su-Zan; DiNardo, Gerard (2016). "Population Structure of Blue Marlin, Makaira nigricans, in the Pacific and Eastern Indian Oceans". Zoological Studies 55 (55). doi:10.6620/ZS.2016.55-33. ISSN 1021-5506. PMID 31966178.
- ↑ De Gracia, Carlos; Correa-Metrio, Alex; Carvalho, Mónica; Velez-Juarbe, Jorge; Přikryl, Tomáš; Jaramillo, Carlos; Kriwet, Jürgen (2022-12-31). "Towards a unifying systematic scheme of fossil and living billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoridae)" (in en). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20 (1): 1–36. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2091959. ISSN 1477-2019. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2022.2091959.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 De Gracia, Carlos; Villalobos-Segura, Eduardo; Ballen, Gustavo A.; Carnevale, Giorgio; Kriwet, Jürgen (2024). "Phylogenetic patterns in fossil and living billfishes (Istiophoriformes, Istiophoridae): evidence from the Central Mediterranean" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 10 (4). doi:10.1002/spp2.1559. ISSN 2056-2799.
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