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

Familly Xiphiidae

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).