Author Leon Sonrel (1839–1870)
Description
English: Fight between a Swordfish and a Whale
Subject: Swordfish, Whale
Tag: Fish, Aquatic Mammals
Date 1872
Source/Photographer
English: Sonrel, Leon (1872) Bottom of the Sea, New York City, NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_49963_Fight_between_a_Swordfish_and_a_Whale.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.