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swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
| Subject: | swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
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Author George Brown Goode (1851–1896)
English: Fac simile of figure of Xiphias gladius
In Cuvier & Valenciennes' Histoire Naturelle des Poissons
Subject: Swordfish
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_35169_Fac_simile_of_figure_of_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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