For some reason I never thought of these as being small.............
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/this-could-be-the-smallest-marlin-ever-caught/ (http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/this-could-be-the-smallest-marlin-ever-caught/)
Now find me a full grown tiger that size and Ill be happy.
Pelagic fishes are very strange creatures. Atlantic sailfish larvae are only about 3 mm at hatching, basically plankton. They start to get their sails at only about 6 mm.
Here is a Blue Marlin Larva: [attach=1]
Here is a Tiger Larva the same size: [attach=2]