Fish · La Saladita, Guerrero

Striped Marlin

Kajikia audax

Spanish: Marlín rayado

Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax)
Photographed by fotografianomada on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Comondú, MX-BS, MX, not near La Saladita

The striped marlin, Kajikia audax, is a species of marlin found in tropical to temperate Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface. It is a desirable commercial and game fish with a record weight (in 1982) of 190 kg (420 lb) and a maximum length of 4.2 m (13.8 ft). The striped marlin is a predator that hunts during the day in the top 100 metres or so of the water column, often near the surface. One of their chief...

TaxonomyActinopterygii › Carangiformes › Istiophoridae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records196 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/kajikia-audax/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.