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
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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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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Xiphiidae

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