Description: color of body dark blue to chocolate brown, shading
to silvery white underbelly; noticeable spots on dorsal fin; upper
jaw elongated in shape of spear; body covered with embedded scales
with a single sharp point; tips of first dorsal, pectoral, and first
anal fins rounded; lateral line curved above pectoral fin, then going
in straight line to base of tail. Similar fish:Blue Marlin Where Found: OFFSHORE, a blue water fish. Size: common to 8 feet Remarks: uses its bill to stun fast-moving fishes, then turns
to consume them; spawning procedures unknown; ranges throughout the
Atlantic and Caribbean; feeds on squid and pelagic fishes.
