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Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832) 
AphiaID: 158811

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Istiophoridae (Family) > Istiophorus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804)
Rank Species
Parent Istiophorus Lacepède, 1801
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

basis of record: Fritzsche, 1978 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Atlantic sailfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution North West Atlantic [details]
Host of  Gloiopotes americanus Cressey, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To FishBase
Notes  Distribution: both sides of the Atlantic, from 30°N 30°S on western side. [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]
Images 
Istiophorus americanus
Istiophorus americanus
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Istiophorus americanus
Istiophorus americanus
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158811
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832). 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=158811 on 2013-05-22
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