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Xiphioidei 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 768116

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Suborder  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): espadons [French]
  
    voiliers [French]
  
    billfishes [English]
  
    swordfishses [English]
  
    sailfishses [English]
  
    marlins [English]
  
    spearfishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2008   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderXiphioidei  – espadons, voiliers, billfishes, swordfishses, sailfishses, marlins, spearfishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                  FamilyIstiophoridae  – billfishes, sailfishes, marlins, spearfishes, picudos, voiliers 
                                  FamilyXiphiidae  – swordfishes, espadas, espadons 
       

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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
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  Reference for: espadons[French]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B., Jan R. McDowell, and John E. Graves   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogeny of recent billfishes (Xiphioidei)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Marine Science, vol. 79, no. 3   
  Page(s): 455-468   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-4977   
  Notes: Proceedings of the 4th International Billfish Symposium   
  Reference for: Xiphioidei, billfishes [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Orrell, Thomas M., Bruce B. Collette, and G. David Johnson   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular data support separate scombroid and xiphioid clades   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Marine Science, vol. 79, no. 3   
  Page(s): 505-519   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-4977   
  Notes: Proceedings of the 4th International Billfish Symposium   
  Reference for: Xiphioidei, billfishes [English]   
       

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