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Xiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood. These fish are found widely in tropical and temperate parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and can typically be found from near the surface to a depth of 550 m (1, 800 ft). They commonly reach 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, and the maximum reported is 4.55 m (14.9 ft) in length and 650 kg (1, 430 lb) in weight., 1700-1880.

Xiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood. These fish are found widely in tropical and temperate parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and can typically be found from near the surface to a depth of 550 m (1, 800 ft). They commonly reach 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, and the maximum reported is 4.55 m (14.9 ft) in length and 650 kg (1, 430 lb) in weight., 1700-1880.
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Caption: Xiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood. These fish are found widely in tropical and temperate parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and can typically be found from near the surface to a depth of 550 m (1, 800 ft). They commonly reach 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, and the maximum reported is 4.55 m (14.9 ft) in length and 650 kg (1, 430 lb) in weight., 1700-1880
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Keywords: 1 • 14.9 FT • 1700-1880 • 4.55 M • 430 LB • 550 M • 650 KG • 800 FT • 9.8 FT • ADULTHOOD • ATLANTIC OCEAN • ATLANTIC • BILLFISH CATEGORY • BROADBILLS • COG • COMMONLY REACH 3 M • COUNTRIES • DENTITION • DENTURE • DEPTH • ELONGATED • FISH • FLAT • HIGHLY MIGRATORY • INDIAN OCEANS • LARGE • LENGTH • LONG • LOSE • MAXIMUM REPORTED • OCEAN, ATLANTIC • PACIFIC • POINTED BILL • POPULAR SPORT FISH • PREDATORY FISH CHARACTERIZED • PRINT • PRONG • ROUND-BODIED • SCALES • SET OF TEETH • SURFACE • SWORDFISH • TEETH • TEMPERATE PARTS • THOUGH ELUSIVE • TOOTH • TROPICAL • TYPICALLY • WEIGHT • WIDELY • XIPHIAS GLADIUS