gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:30419 eng UTF8 dataset Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider Beerkircher, Larry 305-361-4290 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) ROUNDSCALE SPEARFISH general morphometric data publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 30419 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30419 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital Little information has been produced since the mid 1970s about the roundscale spearfish Tetrapturus georgii (Lowe, 1840). The most complete species description was based on examination of four individuals from the eastern Atlantic. On the basis of detailed laboratory examination of 16 specimens, as well as fishery observer information and biological samples from an additional 49 individual specimens, we update morphological descriptions and key identification characteristics of this species for the western North Atlantic. Key characters include lateral scale morphology and position of the anal opening the scales having rounded and broad anterior bases with usually multiple posterior points, and the anal opening located a distance between 0.48 and 0.81 the height of the first anal fin. Establish identification criteria underDevelopment Beerkircher, Larry 305-361-4290 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact Beerkircher, Larry 305-361-4290 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. custodian Tetrapturus georgii theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Spearfish abundance billfish distribution fishdep fishery-dependent morphology morphometrics theme northwestern Atlantic place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Roundscale Spearfish (Tetrapturus georgii) morphometric data project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: ROUNDSCALE SPEARFISH general morphometric data [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30419. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: Waiver Needed restricted NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 30419 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/30419.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans -78 -42 18 46 Caribbean Sea And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean | Currentness: Ground Condition 1996 2007 Dennis Lee started this data collection. He retired in 2006 false eng false Data Table 2021-05-06 publication dataset Data collected via paper forms at sea by fisheries observers. Sent to Miami Lab Pelagic Observer Program, where reviewed. Questions or potential errors at dealt with during observer debriefing. Any required edits on the paper forms were made in red ink. Data was originally entered into an Excel spreadsheet but later transferred to Oracle schema.