Fish
Striped Marlin
Tetrapturus audax
A slender, hard-fighting billfish of the Indo-Pacific that reaches nearly three metres, with occasional stragglers caught off Cape Town.
Also known as gestreepte marlyn
- Typical size
- Attains 2.9 m, 230 kg
- Habitat
- Open ocean (Indo-Pacific)
The striped marlin is the slimmest of the marlins, its body six to eight times as long as it is deep. It reaches about 2.9 m and 230 kg.
Primarily an Indo-Pacific fish and a renowned game species, a few have even been caught off Cape Town.