Description
Date 1801
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6006013270
Author Bloch, Marcus Elieser; Hennig, J. F.; Schneider, Johann Gottlob
Full title M.E. Blochii ... Systema ichthyologiae iconibus CX illustratum / post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absoluit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M.E._Blochii_..._Systema_ichthyologiae_iconibus_CX_illustratum_(Plate_21)_(6006013270).jpg

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.