Name - Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:705145 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Xiphias gladius

• Xiphias gladius L.

• Xiphias gladius Linnaeus

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Recent Publications

• Xiphiidae.
• FAO species catalogue. Vol 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date.
• Annotated checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Germany, with remarks of their taxonomic identity.
• Description of two nearly complete fossil specimens of the swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, from the Marecchia River deposits (Late Pliocene), Italy and their comparison with extant swordfish.
• Mercury in swordfish and other pelagic species from the Western Atlantic Ocean.

Search name in:

Sherborn Index Animalium

• Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758 1758: 248. [Index Animalium Entry]

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