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Broad-bill Sword-fish
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Perciformes - perch-likes »  family Xiphiidae - swordfishes »  genus Xiphias

Scientific synonyms

Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols, 1923
Tetrapterus imperator (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Xiphasia gladius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xiphias estara Phillipps, 1932
Xiphias gladius estara Phillipps, 1932
Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Xiphias rondeletti Leach, 1818
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951

Other names

= Broadbill
= Broadbill Swordfish
= Swordfish

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IUCN category:Least Concern
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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Dolphifish

prey: Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Dolphifish

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Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/28021]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN ARKive [/swordfish/xiphias-gladius/]

ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 16 December 2010
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [226]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2 [23148]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 27 January 2014
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Xiphias gladius]
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