<p align="justify" class="title">The carcass of a Black Merlin, an endangered species of exotic fish, washed ashore at the Rabindranath Tagore beach in Karwar, on Monday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The fins and beak of the three-metre-long fish had been chopped off.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Oceanographer Dr ShivaKumar said that the fishermen who caught it must have probably left it behind because the carcass was decomposing. </p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Exotic fish</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Black Merlin is an exotic species of fish which lives deep underneath in the South Asian seas.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It is hunted for its fins and beak out of which artefacts are carved for the Japanese, Chinese and American markets. Its flesh sells at a high price at the fish market. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Black Merlin can swim at a speed of 120 km/hr because of its huge backbone and grows to a length of four metres, said Shivakumar. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">The carcass of a Black Merlin, an endangered species of exotic fish, washed ashore at the Rabindranath Tagore beach in Karwar, on Monday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The fins and beak of the three-metre-long fish had been chopped off.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Oceanographer Dr ShivaKumar said that the fishermen who caught it must have probably left it behind because the carcass was decomposing. </p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Exotic fish</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Black Merlin is an exotic species of fish which lives deep underneath in the South Asian seas.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It is hunted for its fins and beak out of which artefacts are carved for the Japanese, Chinese and American markets. Its flesh sells at a high price at the fish market. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Black Merlin can swim at a speed of 120 km/hr because of its huge backbone and grows to a length of four metres, said Shivakumar. </p>