Author Unknown
Description
English: Sword-fish Attacking a Whale
Subject: Swordfish, Whales
Tag: Fish, Aquatic Mammals
Date 1876
Source/Photographer
English: (1876) Treasures of the Deep : a Descriptive Account of the Great Fisheries and Their Products, London: Nelson and Sons, p. 121
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_43628_Sword-fish_Attacking_a_Whale.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. |
