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Atlantic sailfish

Order Perciformes

Family Istiophoridae

Metallic blue marine bony fish with a large sail-like dorsal fin and a long and pointed bill-like snout. It is dark bluish-black on the upperparts and lighter on the sides, with about twenty bluish longitudinal bars along the flanks; the underparts are silvery white. The caudal fin is strongly forked. The fins are bluish-black and the front dorsal fin is speckled with small black spots. The bases of the anal fins are pale. The length of this fish is up to 3.15 m and the maximum weight is 58.1 kg.

Characteristics

FAO code
SAI

Specie
Istiophorus albicans

Type
Blue fish

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 21: the Northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 31: the Western part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
Area 41: the Southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 47: the Southeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean

Fishing seasons

jan feb apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec

International denominations

Germany Atlantischer Fächerfisch

France Voilier de l’Atlantique

Italy Pesce vela atlantico

Portugal Veleiro do Atlântico

United Kingdom Atlantic sailfish

Japan Nishibashookajiki

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