| Marlin Temporal range:
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| Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Menoidei |
| Family: | Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type genus | |
| Istiophorus Lacépède, 1801
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| Genera | |
Marlins are fish from the family Istiophoridae, which includes 11 species.