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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphias gladius
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Angola Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Bosnia and Herzegovina Species List, Brazil Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Greece Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Reunion Species List, Russia Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tonga Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, Gulf of Oman Species List, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Xiphias gladius L. (1758)
Recognized by IABIN
Xiphias gladius Linneaus 1758
Recognized by Arctic Marine Fishes
Phaethonichthys tuberculatus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Tetrapterus imperator
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Xiphias estara
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Xiphias gladius (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by FAO species catalogs
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by Fishbase
Xiphias gladius estara
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Xiphias imperator
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Xiphias thermaicus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols 1923
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Tetrapterus imperator (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphasia gladius (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphias estara Phillipps 1932
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphias gladius estara Phillipps 1932
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider 1801
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphias rondeletii Leach 1814
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphias rondeletti Leach 1814
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis 1951
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Xyphias gladius Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols 1923
Tetrapterus imperator (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Xiphasia gladius (Linnaeus 1758)
Xiphias estara Phillipps 1932
Xiphias gladius estara Phillipps 1932
Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider 1801
Xiphias rondeletii Leach 1814
Xiphias rondeletti Leach 1814
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis 1951
Xyphias gladius Linnaeus 1758
Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols 1923
Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols 1923
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols 1923
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Tetrapterus imperator (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Tetrapterus imperator (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Tetrapturus imperator (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Xiphasia gladius (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xiphasia gladius (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Xiphias delfortrieri
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Xiphias estara Phillipps 1932
Xiphias estara Phillipps 1932
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xiphias estara Phillipps 1932
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Xiphias gladius estara Phillipps 1932
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xiphias gladius estara Phillipps 1932
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider 1801
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider 1801
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Xiphias rondeletii Leach 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xiphias rondeletii Leach 1814
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Xiphias rondeletii Leach 1818
Xiphias rondeletti Leach 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xiphias rondeletti Leach 1814
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis 1951
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis 1951
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis 1951
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Xyphias gladius Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Xyphias gladius Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Common Names

English

Broad-bill sword-fish
Recognized by Fishbase
Broadbill swordfish
Recognized by Fishbase
Broadbill
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Marlin
Recognized by Fishbase
Sword fish
Recognized by Fishbase
Sword-fish
Recognized by Fishbase
Broadbill Swordfish preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
swordfish sucker

Afrikaans

Swaardvis preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Peshku shtize preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Arabic

ﻒﻴﺳﻮﺑﺃ
Recognized by Fishbase
Abou monkar
Recognized by Fishbase
Abu seif
Recognized by Fishbase
Abucef
Recognized by Fishbase
Boucif-et-touil
Recognized by Fishbase
Boussif
Recognized by Fishbase
Espada
Recognized by Fishbase
Espadon
Recognized by Fishbase
Kheil al bahar
Recognized by Fishbase
Sankeh
Recognized by Fishbase
Space
Recognized by Fishbase
Spadon
Recognized by Fishbase
أبو سيف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Pez espada
Recognized by FAO species catalogs

Asturian

pexe espada preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Qılıncbalıq preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Ezpata-arrain preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ezpata-arrain

Belarusian

Меч-рыба preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
мечарыб даўганосы

Breton

Beg-sabrenn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

риба меч preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

peix espasa preferred
emperador

Cebuano

Malasugi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

剑旗鱼科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
劍旗魚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Corsican

Pesciu spada preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Croatian

Iglun preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Jaglun
Recognized by Fishbase
Sabljan
Recognized by Fishbase

Czech

mečoun obecný preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Sværdfisk preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
svaerdfisk

Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian

ތުންގަނޑު ހިބަރު preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

zwaardvis preferred

Esperanto

Spadofiŝo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Mõõkkala
Recognized by Fishbase
mõõkkala preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ewe

Hatalikofi preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Faroese

Svørðfiskur preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Fijian

saku vorowaqa preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Finnish

Miekkakala preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
miekkakala

French

Espadon preferred
Espadron
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Poisson porte-épée
Recognized by Fishbase
Poisson épée
Recognized by Fishbase
Poisson Porte-épée
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
espadon preferred

Galician

Peixe espada preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
peixe espada

Georgian

შიმშერი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Schwertfisch preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Ξιφίας preferred

Gujarati

કુંગા  preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
તદમછછી 
Recognized by Fishbase
Kunga
Recognized by Fishbase
Tadmachhi
Recognized by Fishbase

Hebrew

Dag haherev
Recognized by Fishbase
דג חרב preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
דג החרב

Hungarian

kardhal preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Sverðfiskur preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
sverðfiskur

Ido

Espad-fisho preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Todak preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

colgán preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Pei spa
Recognized by Fishbase
Pesce spada preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Pesce spate
Recognized by Fishbase
Pesse spada
Recognized by Fishbase
Pisci spada
Recognized by Fishbase
Pisci spata
Recognized by Fishbase
Pisci spatu
Recognized by Fishbase
Puddicinedda
Recognized by Fishbase
Spadon
Recognized by Fishbase
Spadottu
Recognized by Fishbase
Spateddu
Recognized by Fishbase
pesce spada
pisci spada

Japanese

メカジキ preferred
Dakuda
Recognized by Fishbase
Medara
Recognized by Fishbase
Meka
Recognized by Fishbase
Mekajiki
Recognized by Fishbase

Javanese

Iwak pedhang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kannada

ಕತ್ತಿ ಮೀನು preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Semser balıq preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Семсер балық preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
سەمسەر بالىق preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Селебебалык preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

황새치
Recognized by Fishbase
Whang-sae-chi
Recognized by Fishbase
황새치 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

zobenzivs preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

durklažuve
Recognized by Fishbase
Durklažuvė preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
durklažuvė

Macedonian

сабјарка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Mersuji preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Suji todak
Recognized by Fishbase
Todak
Recognized by Fishbase
Tumbuk banir
Recognized by Fishbase

Malayalam

കടല് കുതിര preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
കുതിരമീന്
Recognized by Fishbase
വല്ലിമീന് 
Recognized by Fishbase
Kuthirameen
Recognized by Fishbase

Maltese

Pixxi spad preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Pixxispad
Recognized by Fishbase
Spada
Recognized by Fishbase

Maori

Paea preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Marathi

तदमासा
Recognized by Fishbase
Tadmasa
Recognized by Fishbase
swordfish preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Marshallese

Lokjan preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Navajo; Navaho

Łóóʼ bíchį́į́h nineezí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Neapolitan

Pisce spata preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Svaerdfisk preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Sverdfisk
Recognized by Fishbase
sverdfisk preferred

Occitan (post 1500)

peis espada preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Oriya

ସ୍ବୋର୍ଡ ମାଛ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ossetian; Ossetic

Кардгæсаг preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

شمشیرماهی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Wlócznik
Recognized by Fishbase
włócznik
Włócznik preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
miecznik
ryba miecz
wlócznik

Portuguese

Aguilhão
Recognized by Fishbase
Aguilhão-Meca
Recognized by Fishbase
Agulha
Recognized by Fishbase
Agulhao
Recognized by Fishbase
Agulhão
Recognized by Fishbase
Agulhão-espadarte
Recognized by Fishbase
Araguaguá
Recognized by Fishbase
Catana
Recognized by Fishbase
Espada
Recognized by Fishbase
Espadarte
Recognized by Fishbase
Espadarte-maca
Recognized by Fishbase
Espadarte-meca
Recognized by Fishbase
Espadim-azul
Recognized by Fishbase
Espadão
Recognized by Fishbase
Meca
Recognized by Fishbase
Meka
Recognized by Fishbase
Peixe agulha
Recognized by Fishbase
Peixe espada
Recognized by Fishbase
Peixe-agulha
Recognized by Fishbase
Pirapicu
Recognized by Fishbase
Pirapucu
Recognized by Fishbase
espadarte preferred

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Pește spadă preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Меч-рыба
Recognized by Fishbase
Mech--ryba
Recognized by Fishbase
Mech-ryba
Recognized by Fishbase
Mechenos
Recognized by Fishbase
Meshvenosouiye
Recognized by Fishbase
меч-рыба preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
mech-ryba
Меч-рыба
сабленка
саблянка

Scottish Gaelic

colgán preferred

Serbian

Babljan
Recognized by Fishbase
Iglun preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Igo
Recognized by Fishbase
Jaglun
Recognized by Fishbase
Macokljun
Recognized by Fishbase
Sablijck
Recognized by Fishbase

Shambala

Iglun preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sicilian

Pisci spata preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

mečiar obyčajný preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Somali

Daanbeeri preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Wayambuuro
Recognized by Fishbase

Spanish; Castilian

Aja para
Recognized by Fishbase
Albacora preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Chichi spada
Recognized by Fishbase
Emperador
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Espada
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Espadon
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Espardarte
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Pez espada preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and FAO species catalogs
Pez Espada
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
mečarica preferred
pez espada

Swahili

Nduwalo preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Sansuli
Recognized by Fishbase

Swedish

Svärdfisk preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
svärdfisk

Tahitian

Ha'ura preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Haura po
Recognized by Fishbase
Meka
Recognized by Fishbase

Tamil

கத்தி மீன் preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tatar

кылыч-балык preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Telugu

కట్టిచెపుా preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Thai

ปลากระโทงดาบ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Kilic
Recognized by Fishbase
Kılıç balığı preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
kilic baligi
kılıç balığı

Ukrainian

Риба-меч preferred
Риба-меч звичайна
меч-риба

Unspecified

Thôk kojèk preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Urdu

swoard fish preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Cá Mũi kiếm
Recognized by Fishbase
Ho cá mui kiem
Recognized by Fishbase
Cá kiếm preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Walloon

Espadon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Pysgodyn cleddyf
Recognized by Fishbase
Pysgodyn Cleddyf preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
pysgodyn cleddyf

Wu

剑旗鱼科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ابو سيف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

قیلینج بالیغی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ces

mečoun obecný preferred

Ckb

شمشێرماسی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

تلوار مچھی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

劍魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

剑旗鱼科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

剑旗鱼科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

劍旗魚 preferred
劍旗魚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

劍旗魚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

丁挽舅 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
劍魚
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
旗魚舅
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758