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	 Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
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| Subject: | Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) 
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| Description
 Title: Brehms Thierleben : Allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs
 Year: 1876 (1870s)
 Authors: Brehm, A. E. (Alfred Edmund), 1829-1884; Schmidt, Dr. (Eduard Oskar), 1823-1886; Taschenberg, Ernst Ludwig, 1818-1898
 Subjects: Animal behavior; Zoology
 Date	1876
 Source	https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/19791536213/
 Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/brehmsthierleben08brehuoft/#page/n148/mode/1up
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 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.
 Order:	Perciformes
 Family:	Istiophoridae
 Genus:	Istiophorus
 Species:	Istiophorus platypterus (G. Shaw, 1792)
 Synonyms:
 Histiophorus americanus Cuvier,1832
 Histiophorus ancipitirostris Cuvier, 1832
 Histiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1872
 Histiophorus gracilirostris Cuvier, 1832
 Histiophorus granulifer Castelnau, 1861
 Histiophorus immaculatus Rüppell, 1830
 Histiophorus indicus Cuvier, 1832
 Histiophorus magnioci Jordan, 1927
 Histiophorus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
 Histiophorus pulchellus Cuvier, 1832
 Istiophorus amarui Curtiss, 1944
 Istiophorus brookei Fowler, 1933
 Istiophorus eriquius Jordan, 1926
 Istiophorus gladifer Lacepède, 1801
 Istiophorus greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926
 Istiophorus japonicus Jordan & Thompson, 1914
 Istiophorus ludibundus Whitley, 1933
 Istiophorus maguirei Jordan & Evermann, 1926
 Istiophorus triactis Klunzinger, 1871
 Istiophorus wrighti Jordan & Evermann, 1926
 Makaira albicans Latreille, 1804
 Makaira velifera Cuvier, 1832
 Scomber gladius Bloch, 1793
 Skeponopodus guebucu Nardo, 1833
 Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792
 Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801
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