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Black marlin
![Black Marlin © Getty Images Black Marlin © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-97660342_CMYK-673cbef.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 129km/h
Range: Australian coast and tropical Indo-Pacific
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Sailfish
![Sailfish © iStock Sailfish © iStock](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/iStock_000006289122_Large_C-179913a.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 110km/h
Range: Indian and Pacific Oceans
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Striped marlin
![Striped marlin © Getty Images Striped marlin © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-200112210-001_C-1eaec8f.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 80km/h
Range: Tropical and temperate regions of Indo-Pacific Ocean
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Wahoo
![Wahoo © Getty Images Wahoo © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-97726829_CMYK-a89cdf1.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 78km/h
Range: Tropical and sub-tropical waters around the world
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Mako shark
![Mako stark © Getty Images Mako stark © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-563850901_CMYK_0-30ab316.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 74km/h
Range: Tropical to temperate waters worldwide
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Atlantic bluefin tuna
![Atlantic bluefin tuna © Getty Images Atlantic bluefin tuna © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-sb10067235c-001-488bd89.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 70km/h
Range: Open waters of the Atlantic Ocean
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Blue shark
![Blue shark © Getty Images Blue shark © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-564947521_CMYK-265b45c.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 69km/h
Range: Deep waters of temperate and tropical oceans
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Bonefish
![Bonefish © Getty Images Bonefish © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-130125667_CMYK-a115ad6.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 64km/h
Range: Shallow, inshore tropical waters
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Swordfish
![Swordfish © Getty Images Swordfish © Getty Images](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/GettyImages-128117030_CMYK-d4606c1.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 64km/h
Range: Tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
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Fourwing flying fish
![Fourwing flying fish © Alamy Fourwing flying fish © Alamy](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/07/Alamy_E459HM_CMYK-39602c5.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
Maximum speed: 56km/h
Range: Subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific
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