Istiophorus platypterus Indo-Pacific sailfish

Istiophorus platypterusis commonly referred to as Indo-Pacific sailfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Istiophorus platypterus
German:: Indopazifischer Fächerfisch
English:: Indo-Pacific Sailfish

Category:: Spearfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Istiophoridae (Family) > Istiophorus (Genus) > platypterus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Shaw, ), 1792

Occurrence:: Central Atlantic, Central Pazific, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, South-Pazific, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 200 Meter
Size:: up to 236.22" (600 cm)
Weight:: 100.2 kg
Temperature:: 50 °F - 82.4 °F (10°C - 28°C)
Food:: Clams, Fish (little fishes), Jackfish, Sepia
Difficulty:: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Istiophorus albicans
Istiophorus platypterus
Indopazifischer Fächerfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-06-04 16:58:53
Last edit:: 2010-06-04 16:58:53

Info

Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792)

The Indo-Pacific sailfish can be found singly or in larger schools of up to30 animals in almost all oceans at depths up to 40m. Regular sightings and catches are reported from both the West- and the East Atlantic, the East-, West- as well as the Central Pacific and the Indian Ocean.

The Indo-Pacific sailfish live in open water, often hunting in groups.

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

Scientific paper

Analysis of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) population structure in the North Pacific Ocean, Lu, Ching-Ping; Alvarado Bremer, Jaime R.; McKenzie, Jessica L.; Chiang, Wei-Chuan , 2015
Stomach content and stable isotope analysis of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) diet in eastern Taiwan waters, Tsai, Chung-Nan; Chiang, Wei-Chuan; Sun, Chi-Lu; Shao, Kwang-Tsao; Chen, Shu-Ying; Yeh, Su-Zan , 2015
Isolation and characterization of acid and pepsin-solubilized collagen from the skin of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), Tamilmozhi, Somasundaram; Veeruraj, Anguchamy; Arumugam, Muthuvel , 2013
Trophic spectrum of the sailfish Istiophorus platypterus caught off Acapulco in the southern Mexican Pacific, Hernández-Aguilar, Sandra Berenice; Abitia-Cárdenas, Leonardo Andrés; Moreno-Sánchez, Xchel Gabriel; Arellano-Martínez, Marcial; González-Rodríguez, Eduardo , 2013
Vertical and horizontal movements of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) near Taiwan determined using pop-up satellite tags, Wei-Chuan Chiang; Michael K. Musyl; Chi-Lu Sun; Shu-Ying Chen; Wen-Yie Chen; Don-Chung Liu; Wei-Cheng Su; Su-Zan Yeh; Shin-Chin Fu; Tzu-Lun Huang, 2011
Age and growth of sailfishIstiophorus platypterus(Shaw in Shaw and Nodder, 1792) from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Jorge S. Ramírez-Pérez; Casimiro Quiñonez-Velázquez; Leonardo A. Abitia-Cardenas; Felipe N. Melo-Barrera, 2011
Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) spawning and larval environment in a Florida Current frontal eddy, David E. Richardson; Joel K. Llopiz; Kevin D. Leaman; Peter S. Vertes; Frank E. Muller-Karger; Robert K. Cowen, 2009
Determining summer residence status and vertical habitat use of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Arabian Gulf, Hoolihan, J. P.; Luo, J. , 2007
Age and growth of Indo-Pacific sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, from the Arabian Gulf, John P. Hoolihan, 2006
Horizontal and vertical movements of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Arabian Gulf, determined by ultrasonic and pop-up satellite tagging, John P. Hoolihan, 2005
Diet composition of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) from the southern Gulf of California, Mexico, José Rosas-Alayola; Agustı́n Hernández-Herrera; Felipe Galvan-Magaña; L. Andres Abitia-Cárdenas; Arturo F. Muhlia-Melo, 2002
Parasites as biological tags for sailfish Istiophorus platypterus from east coast Australian waters, Speare, P, 1995
A Pliocene sailfish Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and Nodder, 1791) from southern California, Gottfried, Michael D., 1982
A Pliocene Sailfish Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and Nodder, 1791) from Southern California, Michael D. Gottfried, 1982
Five Juvenile Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, from the Eastern Tropical Pacific, R. Michael Laurs and Robert N. Nishimoto, 1970

External links

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 25.11.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 25.11.2021.

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Istiophorus platypterus (Indo-Pacific Sailfish) - Mai Mai Bagan, Triton Bay, Indonesia,2019

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