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Species Name:    Istiophorus platypterus
Common Name:                      (Sailfish)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Istiophoridae Istiophorus

The Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and Nodder, 1792)

Common Name:
Sailfish;  Atlantic sailfish;  Indo-Pacific sailfish;  bayonet fish

Synonymy:
Istiophorus orientalis