sailfish in English

noun
1
a fish with a high, sail-like dorsal fin, in particular.
The fishermen also chartered a deep-sea fishing boat for the day while in the Seychelles, bagging boxfuls of bonito but failing to spot the prized sailfish or black marlin.

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1. Boohoo (plural Boohoos) The sailfish

2. All the world's marlin, swordfish, sailfish and spearfish (collectively called Billfish) grace this magnificent chart

3. 4 The swordfish family has a much longer, slender snout than the sailfish.

4. 26 We want to buy Tuna, Mahi Mahi, Squirrel Fish, Marlin, Oilfish, Swordfish, Wahoo, Sailfish Seafood.

5. When herding a shoal of fish or squid, sailfish also raise their sails to make themselves appear larger.

6. 8 The swordfish, like the sailfish, will follow a school of fish for a considerable distance before it decides to attack.

7. In this study, we sequenced the genomes of two Billfishes (swordfish and sailfish), members of a representative lineage of endothermic teleosts

8. These builds could either be the Isiophoridae Billfishes (Marlin and Sailfish) and the Xiphiidae Billfishes (Swordfish) These builds feed on smaller Tuna builds

9. Billfishes (suborder Xiphioidei) are distinct from the scombroids and comprise the sailfish and marlins (family Istiophoridae) and swordfish (of the monotypic family Xiphiidae)

10. Internal Item ID: 3990 The Amphibian Boots are an accessory crafted by combining the Sailfish Boots and Frog Leg at a Tinkerer's Workshop

11. Some operating systems developed for mobile phones use modified versions of the Linux kernel, including Google Android, Firefox OS, HP webOS, Nokia Maemo and Jolla Sailfish OS.

12. Great white shark (Barehanded) Fish: 1 132 XP 2.8k GP 21.01 GP/XP + 97: Sailfish (Swift) Fish: 1 420 XP 6k GP 14.2 GP/XP + 97: Large crystal urchin : Fish: 1 350 XP 0 GP 0 GP/XP + 97: Sailfish: Fish: 1 400 XP 6k GP 14.91 GP/XP + For more information on this skill, please

13. Gimsa and colleagues (2015) suggest that the dorsal sail of Spinosaurus was analogous to the dorsal fins of sailfish and served a hydrodynamic purpose.

14. The Act's definition of Billfish exempts swordfish, but includes black marlin, blue marlin, longbill spearfish, mediterranean spearfish, sailfish, shortbill spearfish, striped marlin, and white marlin.

15. The Buccaneer Cup Sailfish Release Tournament is one of the oldest and most prestigious billfish tournaments in the country and is part of Fish For Life and the Palm

16. They therefore argue that Spinosaurus used its dorsal neural sail in the same manner as sailfish, and that it also employed its long narrow tail to stun prey like a modern thresher shark.

17. "We know that, without a better understandng of Billfishes - the marlins, sailfish, swordfish, and spearfishes - and of the impact of fishing activities on Billfishes the world over, these magnificent and enormously valuable fishes have uncertain futures.

18. The strategies that sailfish and thresher sharks employ against shoaling fish are more effective when the shoal is first concentrated into a ‘bait ball’ (Helfman, Collette & Facey, 1997; Oliver and colleagues, 2013; Domenici and colleagues, 2014).

19. HABITAT: Like the other Billfishes, the Sailfish is considered an ocean species, but generally can be found closer to land than the rest, seeming to prefer areas where coral reefs and/or freshwater runoffs mingle with ocean water

20. number: Dates Area Catches Bait used Lati- tude N/S Longi- tude E/W Bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyi Yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus Albacore Thunnus alalunga Swordfish Xiphias gladius White marlin Tetraptunus audax Black marlin Makaira indica Sailfish Istiophorus spp.

21. Month || Day || Latitude N/S || Longitude E/W || Bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus or maccoyii || Yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares || (Bigeye tuna) Thunnus obesus || (Albacore) Thunnus alalunga || (Swordfish) Xiphias gladius || (Strip marlin) (White marlin) Tetraptunus audax or albidus || (Black marlin) Makaira indica || (Sailfish) Istiophorus albicans or platypterus || (Skipjack) Katsuwonus pelamis || (Miscellaneous fish) || Daily total (weight in kg only) || Saury || Squid || Live bait || (Other) ||

22. Month || Day || Latitude N/S || Longitude E/W || Surface water temp (oC) || Fishing effort No of hooks used || Bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus or maccoyii || Yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares || (Bigeye tuna) Thunnus obesus || (Albacore) Thunnus alalunga || (Swordfish) Xiphias gladius || (Strip marlin) (White marlin) Tetraptunus audax or albidus || (Black marlin) Makaira indica || (Sailfish) Istiophorus albicans or platypterus || (Skipjack) Katsuwonus pelamis || (Miscellaneous fish) || Daily total (weight in kg only) || Saury || Squid || Live bait || (Other)