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Tetrapturus
Mediterranean spearfish (T. belone)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Istiophoridae
Genus:	Tetrapturus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms
Lamontella J. L. B. Smith, 1956 Marlina Z. Grey, 1928 Pseudohistiophorus F. de Buen, 1950 Skeponopodus Nardo, 1833

Tetrapturus is a genus of marlins commonly called spearfish, found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular sport fish in big-game fishing.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

• Tetrapturus angustirostris S. Tanaka (I), 1915 (Shortbill spearfish)
• Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 (Mediterranean spearfish)
• Tetrapturus georgii R. T. Lowe, 1841 (Roundscale spearfish)
• Tetrapturus pfluegeri C. R. Robins & de Sylva, 1963 (Longbill spearfish)

Fossil relatives of spearfishes include Prototetrapturus from the Late Miocene of Algeria, and both Pizzikoskerma & Sicophasma from the late Miocene of Italy. All are placed in the clade Tetrapturomorpha.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tetrapturus". FishBase. August 2013 version.
2. 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)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 20 (1): 1–36. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2091959. ISSN 1477-2019.
3. De Gracia, Carlos; Villalobos-Segura, Eduardo; Ballen, Gustavo A.; Carnevale, Giorgio; Kriwet, Jürgen (July 2024). "Phylogenetic patterns in fossil and living billfishes (Istiophoriformes, Istiophoridae): evidence from the Central Mediterranean". Papers in Palaeontology. 10 (4). doi:10.1002/spp2.1559. ISSN 2056-2799.

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