Sailfish

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Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus: Caught at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Photo courtesy Fly Hooker Sportfishing.

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Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus: Photo courtesy Larry Hahn.

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Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus: Photo courtesy Larry Hahn.

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Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus: A sailfish caught while fishing by kayak angler Dennis Spike of Coastal Kayak Fishing, at Rancho Leonero, East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Photo courtesy Tony Mullins, who assisted in the release. Photo by Marsha Felton.

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Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus: This sailfish identified as hypomelanistic, by Dr. Russell Nelson, was caught during a fishing trip at Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, on November 2, 2003 by a commercial longline boat: "This is a very unusual and magnificent sailfish, but it is not a real 'albino' form. Note the dark splotches on the head and dorsal fin, as well as the eye. This fish is "hypo melanistic," meaning it has an extraordinary lack of melanin, the coloring pigment. In a true albino there would be no dark coloring on any of the body and the eye would be pink from a lack of any coloring in the cornea, pupil and lens." Photo courtesy Luis F.A. Koyama.

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