. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 128 OAIJPORNIA FISH AND GAME. are entirely waiitiiiof. and even the internal Ixmes (pelvic s'irdle) for their snpport. On cadi side ai' Ihc tail is a, wide ])rojeetinpj keel. The Swordfish (Xiphias gladius). Called broadl)ilI .swordfish by anglers. The upper jaw is prolonged into a much longer sword tjian in the marlin-spike fish. The loAver jaw not reach over a qnai'ter or a fifth of the from the eye to tlie tip of th
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 128 OAIJPORNIA FISH AND GAME. are entirely waiitiiiof. and even the internal Ixmes (pelvic s'irdle) for their snpport. On cadi side ai' Ihc tail is a, wide ])rojeetinpj keel. The Swordfish (Xiphias gladius). Called broadl)ilI .swordfish by anglers. The upper jaw is prolonged into a much longer sword tjian in the marlin-spike fish. The loAver jaw not reach over a qnai'ter or a fifth of the from the eye to tlie tip of the sword. The sword is flattened and sharp edged. The first dorsal fin is high, curved and short, being much higher than it is long. Tlie second is very small and is back on the tail; its height is less than the diameter of the eye. The anal is also divided into two parts. The first anal resembles the fii'sl (h)rsal in shape, but is much. Fig. 73. 'IMie swonHish (.V//>/n' gladius). .smaller and situated behind the middle of the body. The second anal is a little in front of the second dorsal. The pectoral fins are about as long as the height of the first dorsal. The body is metallic purplish in color above and dusky below. It has no cross bars of color. In the young the dorsal and anal are each continuous as a single long fin, but as the fish grows older the central part of the fin disappears leaving only the two ends. The swordfish is the object of extensive fisheries on the Atlantic coast, where from 3,000 to 6,000 are taken every year. On our coast it is regarded more as a game fish than as a commercial fish, though the few that are caught find a good market. It reaches a weight of over 600 pounds. In the Tuna C'lub handbook for 1917 the largest recorded taken with light tackle weighed 362 pounds, but I believe that record has since been very much beaten. The swordfish is the swashbuckler of the sea, attacking with ready sword everything that floats. It must not be conf
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