Swordfish Family Xiphiidae, SWORDFISHES Xiphias gladius Description: color of back variable, black, greyish blue, brown, metallic purple, or bronze; sides dusky; underbelly dirty white; long, flat, sword-like upper jaw; lacks scales, teeth, and pelvic fins; single keel on each side of body in front of tail; first dorsal fin high, rigid and short; large eyes. Similar Fish: no close resemblance to ...

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Broadbill Swordfish Fact File: Common Name(s): Broadbill Swordfish Scientific Name: Xiphias gladius (Linnaeus, 1758) Usual Size: Believed to 445cm UK Record Weights from rod/line: Shore: Boat: MAFF Minimum Size: Shore: Boat: Identification: The upper and sides of the body dark brown fading to light brown under side. The only Billfish with a rigid dorsal fin. Breeding: Egg dispersal. Females may ...