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swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Subject: swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
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swordfish (Xiphias gladius)


Xiphias gladius stuffed
Date March 2011
Author This illustration was made by Citron https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Citron credit: Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiphias_gladius_stuffed.jpg

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills 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.
Order: Perciformes
Family: Xiphiidae
Genus: Xiphias
Species: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758

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Scientific Name: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names:
English – Swordfish, Broadbill, Broadbill Swordfish
Spanish – Albacora, Emperador, Espada, Espadon, Espardarte, Pez Espada
French – Espadon, Espadron, Poisson Porte-épée
Synonyms:
Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols, 1923
Tetrapturus imperator (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Xiphias estara Phillipps, 1932
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Xiphias kleinii Suckow, 1799
Xiphias rondeletii Leach, 1818
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951

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