Image: Dick Waterson and Black Marlin
Dr Lidwill's boatman Dick Waterson with the world's first Black Marlin caught on hook and line off Port Stephens, New South Wales, February 1913.
- Photographer:
- Tony Littlemore
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Black Marlin
- Scientific name:
- Makaira indica
- Family:
- Istiophoridae
- Order:
- Perciformes
Additional information
The skeleton of the fish is now on display in the Australian Museum skeleton gallery AMS (I.38913-001).
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Dick Waterson, Black Marlin, Istiophoridae,
