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Broadbill Swordfish.
(Xiphias gladius).

Broadbill Swordfish (Xiphias gladius).

Other Common Names:
Broadbill.
Swordfish.
Sværdfisk.
Svärdfisk.
Espadon.

Identification:
Upper body blackish–brown. Light brown sides and white belly.
All fins blackish–brown. A very long and flat sword–like bill.
Large eyes and no pelvic fins.

Typical Location:
In deep open water along continental shelf,
current lines and temperature changes.
Over deep seamounts.

Fishing Methods:
Trolling dead fish or squid on a downrigger.
Trolling surface lures or fishing with live bait at night.
Drifting at night with dead squid in combination with light sticks.

Fighting Characteristics:
A very aggressive predator with a thunder strike.
Fast runs in the depth.
Known for attacking boats with their bill.

Fishing Khao Lak's Comment:
Can be found around the Andaman Islands.


Fish Species


African Pompano | Amberjack | Barracouta | Barracuda | Barramundi | Bigeye Trevally
Black Marlin | Black–blotched Stingray | Blackspot Shark | Blacktip Reef Shark
Blue Marlin | Bluefin Trevally | Bluespotted Stingray | Bonefish | Bridled Parrotfish

Broadbill Swordfish | Bull Shark | Camouflage Grouper | Checkered Seaperch
Cobia | Copper Shark | Coral Trout | Coronation Trout | Daisy Parrotfish
Dogtooth Tuna | Dorado | Dusky Parrotfish | Ember Parrotfish

Giant Trevally | Golden Trevally | Green Jobfish | Grey Mullet | Grey Reef Shark
Hammerhead Shark | Honeycomb Grouper | John's Snapper | Kawa Kawa Tuna
Leopard Shark | Long–Finned Bigeye | Longnose Emperor | Longtail Tuna

Longtom | Mako Shark | Malabar Grouper | Mangrove Jack | Maori Seaperch
Narrow–barred Spanish Mackerel | Peacock Rockcod | Permit | Queenfish
Rainbow Runner | Red Snapper | Reticulated Swellshark | Rosy Snapper

Ruby Snapper | Sailfish | Silvertip Shark | Skipjack Tuna | Smalltooth Emperor
Smalltooth Jobfish | Spangled Emperor | Sweetlip Emperor | Tarpon | Threadfin Salmon
Tiger Shark | Tripletail | Tripletail Wrasse | Wahoo | Yellowfin Tuna


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