Makaira nigricans

Blue marlin, Makaira nigricans-, muscle Japan Puerto Rico... 

Schultz, C.D. and B.M. Ito. 1979. Mercury and selenium in blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, from the Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Fish Bull. 76 872-879. 

Makaira nigricans) and the black marlin Makaira indi-ca). Two additional species with the cc nmon name marlin are the striped marlin Tetrapturus audax) and the white marlin Tetrapterus cdbidus). 

Studies related to the occurrence of Hg in tissues of teleost fish are abundant, and geographic areas where levels of this metal in muscle exceed regulations for human consumers include Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Florida, and Oregon (Eisler 2010). It is notable that elevated concentrations of Hg do exist in top predator fish like marlins. Elevated Hg levels in muscle tissue were reported in the blue marlin Makaira nigricans 10.5 pg g- wet wt) collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico (Cai et al. 2007) and in the black marlin Makaira indica) from NE Australia (Mackay et al. 1975). 

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