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[/center][center][font "Arial"]Description: Color of body dark blue to chocolate brown, shading to silvery white underbelly; noticeable spots on dorsal fins; upper jaw elongated in shape of spear; body covered with imbedded scales with a single sharp point; tips of first dorsal, pectoral, and first anal fins rounded; lateral line curved above pectoral fin, then going in straight line to base of tail.[/font][/center] [center][font "Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"]Where found: Offshore, a blue water fish. [/font][/center] [center][font "Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"]Size: Common to 8 feet.[/font][/center] [center][font "Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"]Remarks: Uses its bill to stun fast-moving fishes, then turns to consume them; spawning procedures unknown; ranges throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean; feeds on squid and pelagic fishes.[/font][/center]
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