SWORDFISH / PEZ ESPADA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Xiphias gladius
Vernacular names:
Es/Sp: Pez Espada
Fr/Fr: Espadón
In/En: Swordfish
Local namess:
- Ecuador: Swordfish
- Perú: Swordfish
- Colombia: Swordfish
- Chile: Albacora, Swordfish
- Costa Rica: Swordfish
- Mexico: Swordfish
- Panama: Swordfish
tradenames: Pez espada, Swordfish.
simile international importance: Cosmopolitan
fishing season: All year, during moon periods.
Geographic location: Its distribution goes from 32 ° 43 'N and 37 ° 00' S in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
habitat and biology: A highly migratory species, it lives in tropical and temperate, epipelagic, oceanic waters, although it also frequents coastal waters. Very aggressive fish. It feeds on fish, cephalopods and crustaceans.
Size: Its average length is 280 cm (TL).