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RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS Common Name AFS Scientific Name AFS Other Names AFS Synonyms | FAO Scientific Name FAO Species Code FAO Common Name English FAO Common Name French FAO Common Name Spanish | FAO Synonyms |
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Swordfish | FDA-SL Market Name: Swordfish FDA-SL Common Name: Swordfish FDA-SL Sci. Name: Xiphias gladius FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: xg FDA RFE 8 Letter code: xiphglad | Vernac. 1) Broadbilled Swordfish Vernac. 2) Broadbill Vernac. 3) Espada Vernac. 4) Emperado | AFS Common Name: Swordfish AFS Sci. Name: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. | FAO Sci. Name: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 FAO Species Code: XIPH Xiph 1 FAO Common English: Swordfish FAO Common French: Espadon FAO Common Spanish: Pez espada | FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, Syst.Nat., 10:248 (Habitat in Oceano Europae). FAO Synonyms: Xiphias gladius-Bloch, 1786; Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Xiphias rondeletti Leach, 1818; Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols, 1923; Xiphias estara Phillips, 1932; Tetrapterus imperator-Rohl, 1942; Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951; Xiphias gladius estara-Whitley, 1964. |
Thumbnail | Seafood List (Common, Genus/Species, Market) | Occurence (AFS) | Occurence (FAO) |
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![]() | Swordfish Xiphias gladius Swordfish | A-P | Cosmopolitan in tropical, temperate and sometimes cold waters of all oceans, including the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. Based on data from commercial longliners' catches, the latitudinal range of this species extends fro 50°N to 45°S in the western Pacific, from 50°N to 35°S in the eastern Pacific, from 25°N to 45°S in the Indian Ocean, from 50°N to 40°-45°S in the western Atlantic, and from 60°N to 45°-50°S in the eastern Atlantic. |
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