Tetrapturus

Tetrapturus
Mediterranean spearfish (T. belone)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Istiophoriformes
Family:	Istiophoridae
Genus:	Tetrapturus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms
Lamontella J. L. B. Smith, 1956 Marlina Z. Grey, 1928 Pseudohistiophorus F. de Buen, 1950 Skeponopodus Nardo, 1833

Tetrapturus is a genus of marlins commonly called spearfish, found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular sport fish in big-game fishing.