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swordfish

fish species
Taxon taxon Q164327
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Summary

swordfish is a taxon[1]. swordfish ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,154 views/month, #574 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Xiphias[5]
  • Taxon name: Xiphias gladius[6]
  • Commons category: Xiphias gladius[7]
  • Start time: -3000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Xiphiidae[9]
  • Commons gallery: Xiphias gladius[10]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C71911[14]
  • Short name: X. gladius[15]
  • Taxon common name: Swordfish[16], Albacora[17], Emperador[18], Espada[19], Espadon[20], Espardarte[21], Pez Espada[22], Espadron[23], Poisson Porte-épée[24], Broadbill[25], Broadbill Swordfish[26], 劍旗魚[27], 旗魚舅[28], 丁挽舅[29]
  • MCN code: 0302.47.00[30]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[31]

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Identifiers

swordfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 115167[32]. swordfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8245[33]. swordfish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46581460[34]. swordfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2397850[35]. swordfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172482[36].

Why It Matters

swordfish has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] swordfish is known by 132 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Brazil

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293252
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293252, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  2. 22w ago · Paucabot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Near Threatened
    Start time → -3000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Taxon range → Brazil
    Parent taxon → Xiphias
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Temporal range start: Rupelian"
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