Striped marlin

Striped marlin
Hooked striped marlin
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Istiophoriformes
Family:	Istiophoridae
Genus:	Kajikia
Species:	K. audax
Binomial name
Kajikia audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887)
Synonyms
Histiophorus audax Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887 Istiophorus audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Makaira audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Marlina audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Tetrapturus audax (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) Tetrapturus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Kajikia mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Makaira mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Marlina mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Makaira zelandica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Makaira audax zelandica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Marlina zelandica (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Makaira grammatica D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Makaira holei D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Tetrapturus ectenes D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Kajikia formosana Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947 Makaira formosana (Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947) Tetrapturus tenuirostratus Deraniyagala, 1951 Makaira tenuirostratus (Deraniyagala, 1951) Marlina jauffreti J. L. B. Smith, 1956

The striped marlin (Kajikia audax) is a species of marlin found in tropical to temperate Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface. It is a desirable commercial and game fish. The striped marlin is a predator that hunts during the day in the top 100 m or so of the water column, often near the surface. One of their chief prey is sardines.