Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

WoRMS taxon details

Xiphias Linnaeus, 1758

To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM V 8372)

AphiaID

126101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126101)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Xiphiidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Phaethonichthys Nichols, 1923 · unaccepted

Xyphias · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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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 rondeletii Leach, 1814 accepted as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Xiphias rondeletti Leach, 1814 accepted as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951 accepted as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
Species Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Xiphias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126101 on 2024-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 248 [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [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 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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]