The Taxonomicon
Home
Site map | Contact
Under construction
Taxon: Species Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 - swordfish (fish)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 248.
Original rank: 
Original generic combination: 
Original spelling: 

Types

Type, by monotypy, of: Xiphias (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 434. [implicit]

Variants

Incorrect spelling: Xiphias gladias nom. null.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols, 1923 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Tetrapterus imperator (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Xiphias delfortrieri Lawley, 1876 Ref: PBDB: 26 Oct 2019.
Synonymous name: Xiphias estara Phillipps, 1932 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Xiphias gladius estara Phillipps, 1932 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Xiphias rondeletti Leach, 1818 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zwaardvis

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: swordfish Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 48.
: broadbill

Vernacular Names (Russian)

Full name: Меч-рыба [Mech-ryba] Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 48.
: сабленка [sablenka] Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 48.
©2004-2025 Universal Taxonomic Services
Last updated: 21 Sep 2025