Xiphias gladius
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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ACTINOPTERYGII
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Order:
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PERCIFORMES
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Family:
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XIPHIIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Xiphias gladius
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Species Authority:
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Linnaeus, 1758
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Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
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See Xiphias gladius (North Atlantic stock)
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Common Name/s:
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SWORDFISH (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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DD ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Safina, C.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Angola; Argentina; Aruba; Australia; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago); Bulgaria; Cameroon; Canada (British Columbia); Cape Verde; Chile (Juan Fernández Is.); China; Colombia; Comoros; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; Côte d'Ivoire; Denmark; Djibouti; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Eritrea; Estonia; Fiji; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia (Marquesas); Gabon; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Honduras; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Republic of; Latvia; Lebanon; Liberia; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Lithuania; Madagascar; Maldives; Malta; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Netherlands; Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao); New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Réunion; Saint Helena; Samoa; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Sweden; Syrian Arab Republic; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Tuvalu; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States (Hawaiian Is.); Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Yemen
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Atlantic-eastern central; Atlantic-northeast; Atlantic-northwest; Atlantic-western central; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-northwest; Pacific-southeast; Pacific-southwest; Pacific-western central
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Habitat and Ecology
