Istiophorus platypterus

angolBody elongate and compressed; upper jaw prolonged into a very long beak; two dorsal fins, the first very large and tail; pelvic fins narrow but very long, almost reaching anus, with 1 spine and 2 rays; body covered with small, embedded scales with 1 or 2 blunt points; back dark with about 20 bluish vertical bars; belly pale silver; membrane of first dorsal fin blue black with numerous dark spots (Ref. 55763). A slender billfish with a high, sail-like first dorsal fin (Ref. 26938).

• Histiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1872
• Istiophorus ludibundus Whitley, 1933
• Istiophorus japonicus Jordan & Thompson, 1914
• Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Istiophorus greyii Jordan & Evermann, 1926
• Istiophorus triactis Klunzinger, 1871
• Istiophorus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
• Histiophorus indicus Cuvier, 1832
• Istiophorus gladus (Bloch, 1793)
• Histiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793)
• Histiophorus immaculatus Rüppell, 1830
• Scomber gladius Bloch, 1793
• Istiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1872
• Istiophorus eriquius Jordan & Ball, 1926
• Istiophorus immaculatus (Rüppell, 1830)
• Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792
• Istiophorus gladius greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926
• Istiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793)
• Histiophorus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
• Istiophorus gladifer Lacepède, 1801
• Istiophorus amarui Curtiss, 1944
• Istiophorus brookei Fowler, 1933
• Istiophorus greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926