Satellite telemetry reveals physical processes driving billfish behavior

CD Braun, MB Kaplan, AZ Horodysky, JK Llopiz - Animal Biotelemetry, 2015 - Springer
Pop-up satellite archival transmitting (PSAT) tags are capable of storing high-resolution
behavioral and environmental information for extended periods of time (approximately 1 …

Population structure of istiophorid billfishes

JE Graves, JR McDowell - Fisheries Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The phylogeny of istiophorid billfishes was recently revised based on analyses of nuclear
and mitochondrial DNA loci, and a variety of molecular genetic characters has been used to …

Fossil evidence for earlier radiation in istiophorid billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoriformes) uncovered by comparative morphology of the caudal vertebrae

CD Gracia, F Rodriguez, O Aguilera… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Billfishes include some of the largest pelagic teleostean species, but several aspects about
their morphology, paleobiology, and evolution remain ambiguous. Their fossil record is …

Towards a unifying systematic scheme of fossil and living billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoridae)

C De Gracia, A Correa-Metrio, M Carvalho… - Journal of Systematic …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Extant istiophorids are open ocean apex predators that are extensively studied due to their
ecological importance and high values for fisheries. Nevertheless, little is known about their …

Analysis of whole mitochondrial genome sequences increases phylogenetic resolution of istiophorid billfishes

SM Williams, JR McDowell, M Bennett… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
The billfishes are a group of highly migratory fishes comprising two extant families. The
family Xiphiidae is monotypic and contains only the broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius …

Vertical and horizontal habitat use by white marlin Kajikia albida (Poey, 1860) in the western North Atlantic Ocean

JP Hoolihan, J Luo, D Snodgrass… - ICES Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Pop-up satellite archival tags were deployed on 40 white marlin Kajika albida (synonym:
Tetrapturus albidus) off the coasts of Maryland and North Carolina (United States), and the …

Horizontal and vertical movements of white marlin, Kajikia albida, tagged off the Yucatán Peninsula

JJ Vaudo, ME Byrne, BM Wetherbee… - ICES Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The white marlin, Kajikia albida, is a highly migratory, prized sport fish of conservation
concern. Improved understanding of white marlin ecology, including habitat use, will inform …

Assessing illegal fishing and trade of Atlantic billfish and swordfish by DNA-based identification

SKK Jaser, RR Domingues, AWS Hilsdorf - Conservation Genetics …, 2021 - Springer
Due to the morphological similarity between some billfish species, the International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) recommends the use of …

Comparative population genetics and evolutionary history of two commonly misidentified billfishes of management and conservation concern

AM Bernard, MS Shivji, ED Prince, FHV Hazin… - BMC genetics, 2014 - Springer
Background Misidentifications between exploited species may lead to inaccuracies in
population assessments, with potentially irreversible conservation ramifications if …

[PDF][PDF] Fishery Biology of Tetrapturus (Osteichthyes, Istiophoridae) caught by Sao Paulo longliners off Southern Brazil

N Piva-Silva, AF Amorim - Collect. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT, 2014 - iccat.int
SUMMARY In the southern Atlantic Ocean, three species of Tetrapturus are grouped and
traded as white marlin by longliners based in Santos/Guaruja Cities, São Paulo State, Brazil …