SWORDFISH / PEZ ESPADA
    SCIENTIFIC NAME: Xiphias gladius
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    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).

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