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Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832)

158811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158811)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Osteichthyes
  7. Actinopterygii
  8. Actinopteri
  9. Teleostei
  10. Carangiformes
  11. Istiophoridae
  12. Istiophorus
  13. Istiophorus americanus
 unaccepted
Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804)
Species
Istiophorus Lacepède, 1801
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 303 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158811 on 2026-08-21
NARMS (2026). Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158811 on 2026-08-21
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description (of ) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 303 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Fritzsche, 1978 [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 
 
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English Atlantic sailfish  [details]
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