There are currently four recognized species in this genus: •
Tetrapturus angustirostris S. Tanaka (I), 1915 (Shortbill spearfish) •
Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 (Mediterranean spearfish) •
Tetrapturus georgii R. T. Lowe, 1841 (Roundscale spearfish) •
Tetrapturus pfluegeri C. R. Robins &
de Sylva, 1963 (Longbill spearfish) 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. ==References==