Author Jonathan Couch (1789–1870)
Description
English: Swordfish
Xiphias gladius Espadon
Subject: Swordfish
Tag: Fish
Date 1877
Source/Photographer
English: Couch, Jonathan (1877) History of the Fishes of the British Isles, London: George Bell & Sons
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_46162_Swordfish.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.