billfish
Long-beaked ocean predator
Billfish are large ocean fish with elongated, spear-like upper jaws—marlins, sailfish, and swordfish.
Prized by sport fishermen for their size and fighting ability, they can weigh hundreds of pounds and put up spectacular battles when hooked: He spent years chasing billfish in the Gulf Stream.
Spear-snouted game fish
Spear-snouted game fish
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- charterFounding organizational document
- tackleGear or takedown
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
lure · tournament · catch-and-release · rod · line · hook · captain · skipper
Raised speaker's platform
- billAmount owed, written
- spearPole with sharp point
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
- pointedTapering to a tip
dorsal · streamlined · countershading · pectoral · caudal · scales · speed · hydrodynamic
Of the open sea
- migrationMovement to new territory
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
- thermoclineRapid temperature-change layer
- upwellingDeep water rising surfaceward
seamounts · squid · mackerel · dolphinfish · plankton · ecosystem · habitat · coral
marlin
Spear-snouted game fish
marlin
Spear-snouted game fish
reel · lure · tournament · catch-and-release · rod · line · hook · captain · skipper · deep-sea
rostrum
Raised speaker's platform
pointed · dorsal · streamlined · countershading · pectoral · caudal · scales · speed · hydrodynamic
pelagic
Of the open sea
- migrationMovement to new territory
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
- thermoclineRapid temperature-change layer
upwelling · seamounts · squid · mackerel · dolphinfish · plankton · ecosystem · habitat · coral · reefs
overfishing
Unsustainable marine harvest
- bycatchNon-target species caught accidentally
- longlineFishing line with many hooks
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
quota · endangered · population · sustainable
- sportfishingmarlin, tuna, trolling, blue marlin, black marlin
- fishing industrytrawling, fisherman, trawlers, trawl net, gillnetting
- blue waterocean, sea, deep sea, open sea, high seas
- Gulf Fishred snapper, grouper, red drum, king mackerel, cobia
billfishwhale shark
Biggest fish species
basking shark · filter feeder · manta ray · bottom feeder · anglerfish
fish, fishing, fishery, swordfish, sailfish, billed, billing, billhook