Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)

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Subject:	Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)
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FMIB 35167 Skeleton of the Sail-Fish, Histiophorus americanus.jpeg

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Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)

Author George Brown Goode (1851–1896)
Description
English: Skeleton of the Sail-Fish, Histiophorus americanus
From the somewhat imperfect specimen in the National Museum
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_35167_Skeleton_of_the_Sail-Fish,_Histiophorus_americanus.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).

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