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.

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1] 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.

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