Author Charles Bevalet
English: Sword-fish (Xlphias gladius)
Subject: Swordfish
Tag: Fish
Date 1868
Source/Photographer
English: Fibuier, Louis (1868) Ocean World : Being a Descriptive History of the Sea and its Living Inhabitants, New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_50473_Sword-fish_(Xlphias_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. |
