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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Carangaria
Ordo: Istiophoriformes

Familia: Istiophoridae
Genus: Istiompax
Species (1): I. indica
Name

Istiompax Whitley, 1931: 321
Gender: feminine
Type species: Istiompax australis Whitley, 1931 [=Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)]
Type by original designation [also monotypic]

References
Primary references

Whitley, G.P. 1931: New names for Australian fishes. Australian zoologist, 6 (4): 310–334, Pls. 25-27. BHL

Additional references

Collette, B.B.; McDowell, J.R.; Graves, J.E. 2006: Phylogeny of recent billfishes (Xiphioidei). Bulletin of marine science, 79 (3): 455–468. PDF

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Istiompax species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Istiompax and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
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Vernacular names
English: Black marlin

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