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	 swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
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| Subject: | swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 
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^o^| Author	Edgar Ravenswood Waite (1866–1928)
 Description
 English: Xiphias gladius
 Subject: Swordfish, Xiphias gladius
 Tag: Fish
 Date	1921
 Source/Photographer
 English: Waite, Edgar R. (1921) Illustrated Catalogue of the Fishes of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia: G. Hassell & Son
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_45722_Xiphias_gladius.jpeg
 
 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills or broadbill swordfish  in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood. These fish are found widely in tropical and temperate parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
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