Kingdom:
Animalia
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Phylum:
Chordata
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Class:
Actinopterygii
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Order:
Perciformes
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Family:
Xiphiidae
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Genus:
Xiphias
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Species:
Xiphias gladius
Broadbill - Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
Quick facts
| Threat status Europe | Least Concern (IUCN) |
|---|---|
| Protected by | 2 international agreements |
Distribution
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Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
World
Least Concern
Europe
Least Concern
EU
Not evaluated
EU conservation status
The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
| Legal text | Annex | Conditions | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol) | Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix III of the Barcelona Convention Protocol. See there for more details. |
http://rac-spa.org/protocol
http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf |
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http://rac-spa.org/protocol
http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf |
Common names and synonyms
Common Name
 |
Language
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Reference
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|---|---|---|
| Agulha | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Agulhao | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Aja para | Spanish | Fishbase |
| An colgán | Irish (recte Irish Gaelic) | Fishbase |
| Babljan | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Broadbill | English | Fishbase |
| Catana | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Chichi spada | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Emperador | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Espada | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Espada | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Espadarte | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Espadon | French | Fishbase |
| Espardarte | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Iglun | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Igo | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Jaglun | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Macokljun | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Mečarica | Slovenian | Fishbase |
| Mech--ryba | Russian | Fishbase |
| Miekkakala | Finnish | Fishbase |
| Peixe agulha | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Peixe espada | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Peixe-agulha | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Pesce spada | Italian | Fishbase |
| Peshku shtize | Albanian | Fishbase |
| Peste cu spada | Romanian | Fishbase |
| Peste-spada | Romanian | Fishbase |
| Pez espada | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Pixxispad | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Sablijck | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Schwertfisch | German | Fishbase |
| Spada | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Svärdfisk | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Sverdfisk | Norwegian | Fishbase |
| Sverðfiskur | Icelandic | Fishbase |
| Sværdfisk | Danish | Fishbase |
| Sword fish | English | Fishbase |
| Swordfish | English | Fishbase |
| Wlócznik | Polish | Fishbase |
| Xiphías | Greek | Fishbase |
| Zwaardvis | Dutch | Fishbase |
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Synonym
|
Author
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|---|---|
| Tetrapterus imperator | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
| Xiphias imperator | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
| Xiphias rondeletti | Leach, 1818 |
| Phaethonichthys tuberculatus | Nichols, 1923 |
| Xiphias estara | Phillipps, 1932 |
| Xiphias thermaicus | Serbetis, 1951 |
| Xiphias gladius estara | Phillipps, 1932 |
Other resources
| CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
| Fauna Europaea search | Fauna Europaea |
| FishBase | FishBase |
| GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| ITIS (Valid name) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
| NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia |
| WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |
