Marlin are distributed throughout the Atlantic's tropical and temperate waters, most populously in the western parts.

The bacteria do not seem to hurt the foot-long fish but merely live quietly if populously in the animal's digestive tract, rather as some harmless bacteria do in human intestines.

His experience in leading the armed forces of the world's fourth most populously country with thousands of ethnic groups and competence in handling conflicts have earned recognition for Endriartono, not only at home but also overseas.