"Makaira nigricans" sunan kimiyya ne ga nau'in kifi da aka fi sani da Atlantic blue marlin. Kalmar "Makaira" tana nufin jinsin kifin, yayin da "nigricans" ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Latin "nigricare," wanda ke nufin "zama baki." Atlantic blue marlin babban kifi ne da ake samu a cikin Tekun Atlantika kuma yana iya yin nauyi sama da fam 1,000. Jikinsa galibi duhu shudi ne ko baki mai tsayi mai tsayi, mai nuni da fin ƙwanƙwasa na musamman.