Striped Marlin

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Striped Marlin, Tetrapturus audax: Caught during a fishing trip at East Cape, Baja California Sur., Mexico. Photo courtesy East Cape Sport Fishing.

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Striped Marlin, Tetrapturus audax: Caught while fishing at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Photo courtesy John Lanz.

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Striped Marlin, Tetrapturus audax: Ray Barker Smith, left, and Gary Graham with a fly-caught striped marlin about to be released at the Thetis Bank off Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Photo courtesy Baja On The Fly.

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Square-finned Probable Striped Marlin: A example of the small marlin sometimes caught at East Cape and Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, weighing about 80 pounds, with truncated dorsal and anal fins. A few dozen per year of these are caught, but rarely photographed. Photos courtesy George Bergin.

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Square-finned Probable Striped Marlin: A probable anomalous striped marlin of this type, with a normal anal fin, but a high, rounded dorsal fin, caught at East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico, June 10, 2000. From Paul Oldaker: "The guide first thought it was a small blue marlin, but when it lit up we all agreed it was a striped marlin." Photo courtesy Mike Croft.

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