Blue marlin

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 45-50; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19-23. Body blue-black above and silvery white below, with about 15 rows of pale cobalt-colored stripes; 1st dorsal fin plain blackish or dark blue, other fins brown black with a tinge of dark blue in some specimens; anal fin bases with a tinge of silvery white. Lateral line a network of interconnecting canals (Ref. 26938).