WoRMS taxon details

Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792)

To FishBase images (<i>Istiophorus platypterus</i>, Australia, by University of Western Australia (UWA))
To FishBase images (Istiophorus platypterus, Australia, by University of Western Australia (UWA))

158812  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158812)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Carangiformes (Order)
  11. Istiophoridae (Family)
  12. Istiophorus (Genus)
  13. Istiophorus platypterus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 88 [details] 
Description Oceanic, epipelagic and highly migratory species usually found above the thermocline. Most densely distributed in waters...  
Description Oceanic, epipelagic and highly migratory species usually found above the thermocline. Most densely distributed in waters close to coasts and islands (Ref. 9688). Most likely schools by size. Known to be migratory (Ref. 9308). Feeds mainly on fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. This species is very similar to @I. albicans@. Also caught with long lines, set nets, troll lines and harpoons (Ref. 9308). Utilized fresh, smoked and frozen; also used for sashimi and sushi; eaten broiled and baked (Ref. 9987). [details]

Distribution Virginian, south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras  
Distribution Virginian, south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158812 on 2025-07-15
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Istiophorus amarui Curtiss, 1944) Curtiss, A. (1944). Further Notes on the Zoology of Tahiti. Privately Published. 30 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Istiophorus eriquius Jordan & Ball, 1926) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1926). A review of the giant mackerel-like fishes, tunnies, spearfishes and swordfishes. <em>Occasional Papers California Academy of Sciences.</em> v. 12: 1-113, Pls. 1-20. [details] 

original description (of Istiophorus gladifer Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 374, 375 [details] 

original description (of Istiophorus greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1926). A review of the giant mackerel-like fishes, tunnies, spearfishes and swordfishes. <em>Occasional Papers California Academy of Sciences.</em> v. 12: 1-113, Pls. 1-20. [details] 

original description (of Istiophorus ludibundus Whitley, 1933) Whitley, G. P. (1933). Studies in ichthyology. No. 7. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19 (1): 60-112, Pls. 11-15. [details] 

original description (of Istiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1872) Bleeker, P. (1872). Mémoire sur la faune ichthyologique de Chine. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 4: 113-154.
page(s): 151 [details] 

original description (of Scomber gladius Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 81, Pl. 345 [details] 

original description (of Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 88 [details] 

original description (of Histiophorus immaculatus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1836). Mémoire sur une nouvelle espèce de poisson du genre Histiophore, de la Mer Rouge. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1835 (pt 3): 187. [details] 

original description (of Histiophorus indicus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 293, Pl. 229 [details] 

original description (of Histiophorus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel H. (1844). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 5-6: 73-112. [details] 

original description (of Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 93 [details] 

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Oceanic, epipelagic and highly migratory species usually found above the thermocline. Most densely distributed in waters close to coasts and islands (Ref. 9688). Most likely schools by size. Known to be migratory (Ref. 9308). Feeds mainly on fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. This species is very similar to @I. albicans@. Also caught with long lines, set nets, troll lines and harpoons (Ref. 9308). Utilized fresh, smoked and frozen; also used for sashimi and sushi; eaten broiled and baked (Ref. 9987). [details]

Distribution Virginian, south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch Indopacifische zeilvis  [details]
English sailfishIndo-Pacific sailfish  [details]
French voilier indo-pacifique  [details]
German Indopazifischer Fächerfisch  [details]
Japanese バショウカジキ  [details]
Spanish pez vela  [details]
Welsh pysgodyn hwyliog  [details]
To Barcode of Life (294 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Istiophorus ludibundus Whitley, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Histiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus eriquius Jordan & Ball, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus brookei Fowler, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Histiophorus immaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Histiophorus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus triactis Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Histiophorus indicus Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Scomber gladius Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus japonicus Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Istiophorus gladifer Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications) (from synonym Histiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Istiophorus platypterus) 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus amarui Curtiss, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus brookei Fowler, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus eriquius Jordan & Ball, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus gladifer Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus greyii Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus immaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus japonicus Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus ludibundus Whitley, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844))
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber gladius Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus triactis Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Histiophorus immaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Histiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Histiophorus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Histiophorus indicus Cuvier, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus gladus (Bloch, 1793))
To FishBase (from synonym Histiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiophorus gladius greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase images (Istiophorus platypterus, Australia, by University of Western Australia (UWA)) 
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (2097 nucleotides; 1010 proteins) 
To GenBank (2097 nucleotides; 1010 proteins) (from synonym Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiophorus platypterus FIN029275 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiophorus platypterus FIN029275B Slide 120 mm) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed

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