Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)

Query: Perciformes

Result: 2551^st of 2716

Subject:	Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Author George Brown Goode (1851–1896)
Description
English: Young of Sail-Fish, Histiophorus pulchellus, 4 inches long
Facsimile of figure in Cuvier & Valenciennes' Histoire Naturelle des Poissons
Subject: Sailfish
Tag: Fish
Date 1883
Source/Photographer
English: Goode, G. Brown (1883) Materials for a History of the Sword-Fish, Report of the Commissioner for 1880 (United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries), Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_35178_Young_of_Sail-Fish,_Histiophorus_pulchellus,_4_inches_long.jpeg

The Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) is a species of marine fish in the family Istiophoridae of the order Perciformes. It is found in the Atlantic Oceans and the Caribbean Sea. Scientists consider this species as a junior synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Indo-Pacific sailfish).

Perciformes
2551/2716

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