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Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Xiphiidae
genus
Xiphias
species
Xiphias gladius

Name

Synonyms
Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols, 1923
Tetrapterus imperator (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Tetrapturus imperator (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Xiphasia gladius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xiphias delfortrieri Lawley, 1876
Xiphias estara Phillipps, 1932
Xiphias gladius estara Phillipps, 1932
Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Xiphias kleinii Suckow, 1799
Xiphias rondeletii Leach, 1814
Xiphias rondeletti Leach, 1814
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951
Xyphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
A'u ku in language.
Abou monkar in Arabic
Abu seif in Arabic
Abucef in Arabic
Aguilhão in Portuguese
Aguilhão-Meca in Portuguese
Agulha in Portuguese
Agulha in Portuguese
Agulha in Portuguese
Agulhao in Portuguese
Agulhao in Portuguese
Agulhão in Portuguese
Agulhão in Portuguese
Agulhão-espadarte in Portuguese
Aja para in Spanish
Aja para in Spanish
Albacora in Spanish
An colgán in Irish
An colgán in language.
Araguaguá in Portuguese
Babljan in Serbian
Babljan in Serbian
Big-ho in language.
Big-ho dakuda in language.
Big-ho' in language.
Bigo in language.
Bigok in language.
Boucif-et-touil in Arabic
Boussif in Arabic
Boussif in Arabic
Broad-bill sword-fish in English
Broadbill in English
Broadbill in English
Broadbill in English
Broadbill in English
Broadbill in English
Broadbill in English
Broadbill swordfish in English
Broadbill swordfish in English
Broadbill swordfish in English
Broadbill swordfish in English
Broadbill swordfish in English
Broadbill swordfish in English
Catana in Portuguese
Catana in Portuguese
Chichi spada in Spanish
Chichi spada in Spanish
Cá Mũi kiếm in Vietnamese
Daanbeeri in Somali
Dag haherev in Hebrew

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