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Xiphiidae
swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Near Threatened Xiphiid Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Cross-climate
- Temperate
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Largeswordfish is a marine fish found around Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 455 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Xiphiidae
- Genus
- Xiphias
- Maximum length
- 455 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: tropical and temperate and sometimes cold waters, including the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. Highly migratory species. Mt DNA restriction analysis reveal that genetic differentiation occurs between populations inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and the tropical Atlantic ocean, indicating little genetic exchange occurring between the two (Ref. 12784 ).
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
