| Longbill spearfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Istiophoridae |
| Genus: | Tetrapturus |
| Species: | T. pfluegeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetrapturus pfluegeri (Robins & de Sylva, 1963) |
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The Longbill spearfish (Tetrapturus pfluegeri) is a fish of the marlin family common to the Western Atlantic Ocean. It was first described as a new species in 1963 by Robins and de Sylva while it was previously attributed to the Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone).