striped marlin

American  

noun

1. a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.

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Example Sentences

"We documented for the first time rapid color change in a group-hunting predator, the striped marlin, as groups of marlin hunted schools of sardines," says Alicia Burns of Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024

In a second episode he's in Mexico, where he attempts to catch a large striped marlin while in a small kayak.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2014

"The striped marlin are everywhere, but in some spots the blues and blacks outnumber them."

From Time Magazine Archive

Off Ecuador last year, Lee Wulff patiently cast to 20 striped marlin before he finally snagged a 148-lb. beauty with his $12 fly rod and $20 reel.

From Time Magazine Archive

And these were good-size striped marlin � both fish were estimated to weigh more than 120 pounds.

From Time Magazine Archive