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Query: iconographia zoologicaResult: 674th of 1524
swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Subject: swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
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Xiphias gladius - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ13600011.jpg
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swordfish (Xiphias gladius)


Xiphias gladius
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Xiphias gladius
New Latin name Xiphias gladius
Common name Nederlands: Zwaardvis
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiphias_gladius_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ13600011.tif

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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