WoRMS taxon details
Xiphias Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 126101
AphiaID: 126101
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Xiphiidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||
| Parent | Xiphiidae | |||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Phaethonichthys | |||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 248 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Species Xiphias ensis Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 Species Xiphias estara Phillipps, 1932 accepted as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Species Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Species Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792 accepted as Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) Species Xiphias rondeletti Leach, 1818 accepted as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Species Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951 accepted as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Species Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) Species Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) | |||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126101 | |||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Xiphias Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126101 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||
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