LONGBILL SPEARFISH

Tetrapturus pfluegeri

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Tetrapturus pfluegeri Robins and De Sylva, 1963

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Oceanic species, chiefly found in offshore waters, usually above the thermocline. Feeds mainly on pelagic fishes and squids (Ref. 4770). Marketed frozen.

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