Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Eukaryota (domain)
6. Animalia (kingdom)
7. Chordata (phylum)
8. Vertebrata (subphylum)
9. Osteichthyes (class)
10. Actinopterygii (subclass)
11. Perciformes (order)
12. Xiphiidae (family)
13. Xiphias (genus)

Anotations

Scope note:

Members of a species of elongated, streamlined bony fish, distinguished by a tall dorsal fin, lack of pelvic fins, lack of scales and teeth in adults, and a long sword extending from its snout, used to slash at prey fish. The sword is flat, rather than rounded as in other spear-nosed fishes (such as the marlin), and thus the fish is sometimes called "broadbill."