Description
Histiophorus immaculatus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Histiophorus immaculatus
New Latin name Istiophorus platypterus
Common name Nederlands: Pacifische zeilvis
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histiophorus_immaculatus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ13600023.tif
The Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) is a sailfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Two sailfish species have been recognized; Atlantic sailfish and Indo-Pacific sailfish. However, no differences have been found in mtDNA, morphometrics or meristics between the two supposed species and most authorities now only recognized a single species, (Istiophorus platypterus), found in warmer oceans around the world. |
