Spearfish may refer to:

Places

Spearfish, South Dakota Spearfish ( Lakota: ''Hočhápȟe'') is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota. The population was 12,193 at the time of the 2020 census. History Before the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876, the area was used by Native Americans (primarily band ...

, United States *

North Spearfish, South Dakota North Spearfish is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,366 at the 2020 census. Geography North Spearfish is located in northern Lawrence County at (44.507983, -103.885173), on t ...

, United States *

Spearfish Formation The Spearfish Formation is a geologic formation, originally described from the Black Hills region of South Dakota, United States, but also recognised in North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Nebraska. It is a heterogeneous red bed formation, commonl ...

, a geologic formation in the United States

Biology

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Tetrapturus ''Tetrapturus'' is a genus of marlins commonly called spearfish, found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular sport fish in big-game fishing. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: ...

'', a genus of marlin containing spearfish, fish with elongated bodies and a spear-like snouts or bills **

Longbill spearfish The longbill spearfish (''Tetrapturus pfluegeri'') is a species of marlin native to the Atlantic Ocean where it is found above the thermocline in open waters between 40°N and 35°S. This species can reach a length of FL and the maximum weight ...

, a species of marlin native to the Atlantic Ocean **

Mediterranean spearfish The Mediterranean spearfish (''Tetrapturus belone'') is a species of marlin native to the Mediterranean Sea where it is particularly common around Italy, although there is a probable record of one caught off Madeira. It is an open-water fish, bei ...

, a species of marlin native to the Mediterranean Sea **

Shortbill spearfish The shortbill spearfish (''Tetrapturus angustirostris''), sometimes called the short-nosed spearfish, is a species of marlin native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with occasional records from the Atlantic Ocean. This species occurs in open ...

, a species of marlin native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans **

Roundscale spearfish The roundscale spearfish (''Tetrapturus georgii'') is a species of marlin native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Madeira, the Canary Islands to northern Africa and the western Mediterranean Sea to Sicily (man) it, Sicilian ...

, a species of marlin native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean to the western Mediterranean Sea *

Spearfish remora The spearfish remora (''Remora brachyptera'') is a species of remora with a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas. Remoras attach themselves to other fish with a sucker on the head and this fish is almost exclusively found livi ...

, a species of remora found around the world in tropical and subtropical seas *

Spearfish Fisheries Center The D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives, also known as the Spearfish Fisheries Center or Spearfish Fisheries Complex and formerly known as the Spearfish National Fish Hatchery, is one of 70 fish hatcheries that were opened ...

, one of 70 fish hatcheries as part of the National Fish Hatchery System of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Military

Spearfish torpedo The Spearfish torpedo (formally Naval Staff Target 7525) is the heavy torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by autonomous active or passive sonar, and provides both anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti- ...

, or simply Spearfish, is a modern torpedo built by GEC-Marconi *

Fairey Spearfish The Fairey Spearfish was a British carrier-based, single-engined, torpedo bomber/dive bomber that was ordered from Fairey Aviation for the Fleet Air Arm during World War II. Designed during the war, the prototype did not fly until July 1945. ...

, a prototype dive bomber of the immediate post World War II period * HMS ''Spearfish'' (69S), a 1936 British S-class submarine lost in World War II * USS ''Spearfish'' (SS-190), a US submarine in World War II {{disambiguation, fish, geo