Kajikia audax

ingliseBody elongated and compressed; upper jaw produced into a robust and medium sized beak; two dorsal fins, the height of the first greater than the greatest depth, short anteriorly, taller in the middle, then becoming shorter posteriorly; pectoral fins falcate and flexible, with 18 to 22 rays; body densely covered by small, embedded scales with 1 or 2 bluntish points; back dark blue; belly silvery; membrane of first dorsal fin blue black without dark spots; flanks with about 20 bluish stripes (Ref. 55763). Blue-black above and silvery white below, with about 15 rows of cobalt-colored stripes; 1st dorsal fin dark blue; other fins dark brown, sometimes with a tinge of dark blue; anal fin bases with a tinge of silvery white.

• Makaira tenuirostratus (Deraniyagala, 1951)
• Histiophorus audax Philippi, 1887
• Marlina audax (Philippi, 1887)
• Tetrapturus ectenes Jordan & Evermann, 1926
• Tetrapterus audax (Philippi, 1887)
• Kajikia formosana Hirasaka & Nakamura, 1947
• Marlina zelandica (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
• Makaira grammatica Jordan & Evermann, 1926
• Makaira zelandica Jordan & Evermann, 1926
• Marlina jauffreti Smith, 1956
• Kajikia mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
• Tetrapturus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1901
• Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887)
• Makaira holei Jordan & Evermann, 1926
• Makaira formosana (Hirasaka & Nakamura, 1947)
• Istiophorus audax (Philippi, 1887)
• Makaira audax (Philippi, 1887)
• Marlina mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
• Tetrapturus tenuirostratus Deraniyagala, 1951
• Makaira mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
• Makaira audax zelandica Jordan & Evermann, 1926
• Tetrapturus acutirostratus Deraniyagala, 1951