Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata - Xiphiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 83294

Synonym: Xiphias delfortrieri Lawley 1876 (taxon 397985)

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Xiphias according to H. L. Fierstine 2006

Sister taxon: Xiphias radiata

Type specimens:

• Xiphias gladius: 1
• Xiphias delfortrieri:

Ecology: nektonic omnivore