Xiphiidae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 324

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50B7E074-F212-4193-BFB9-84A1D0A0E03C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618967

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC642D14-3A56-FFEB-34F2-F8E2DC9B2A3F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Xiphiidae
status

 

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Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 —Swordfish

This species was reported only during the exploratory surveys on the 1980s. Length data from 190 to 322 cm TL, but the number of individuals were not reported. Habitat and Distribution: pelagic-oceanic species preferring temperatures from 18°C to 22°C at depths ranging between 0–800 m, usually 0– 550 m. Worldwide distributed in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans in tropical, temperate, and sometimes cold waters. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), HHV (FishBase).

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