Author Edgar Ravenswood Waite (1866–1928)
Description
English: Xiphias gladius
Subject: Swordfish, Xiphias gladius
Tag: Fish
Date 1921
Source/Photographer
English: Waite, Edgar R. (1921) Illustrated Catalogue of the Fishes of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia: G. Hassell & Son
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_45722_Xiphias_gladius.jpeg

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills or broadbill swordfish in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat 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.