Marlin is a kind of fish living in the ocean, belonging to Perciformes and Istiophoridae. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters. Sailfish are also fish that live in the ocean. Actually, Marlin and sailfish are same kind of fish, just the name is different. Sailfish is the official name of this group of fish, marlin is a transliteration of the name. In the English word, the representative of the swordfish is "Marlin", translated after the marlin, so it can be said that the marlin is the common name of the swordfish, both refer to the fish in the Swordfish family.
As mentioned above, marlin and swordfish are the same kind of fish. Therefore, there is no difference between the two, they refer to the same kind of fish, including the same species, their appearance, living habits and distribution of the sea are the same. They are just different names, but in fact they are different names for the same kind of fish. In different regions, the name of this fish is also different. Relatively speaking, in our country or the name of swordfish is more common, swordfish will be called Marlin, although there are areas, but less.
