Norway country information

Common names: Svaerdfisk, Sverdfisk
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Finnmark (Ref. 43202). Also Ref. 43.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://odin.dep.no/fid/eng/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Andriyashev, A.P. and N.V. Chernova, 1995
National Database:

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Xiphiidae (Swordfish)
Etymology: Xiphias: Greek, xiphos = sword (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 2878 m (Ref. 116993), usually 0 - 550 m (Ref. 54934). Temperate; 5°C - 27°C (Ref. 43); 69°N - 50°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 54934)

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Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758

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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology