Tetrapturus

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.

Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Fossil relatives of spearfishes include Prototetrapturus from the Late Miocene of Algeria, and both Pizzikoskerma & Sicophasma from the late Miocene of Italy. All are placed in the clade Tetrapturomorpha.
 * Tetrapturus angustirostris S. Tanaka (I), 1915 (Shortbill spearfish)
 * Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 (Mediterranean spearfish)
 * Tetrapturus georgii R. T. Lowe, 1841 (Roundscale spearfish)
 * Tetrapturus pfluegeri C. R. Robins & de Sylva, 1963 (Longbill spearfish)