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Name: swordfish
Type: fish


Appearing in designs:
medieval galleon & swordfish Ghana 12/27/1957 1sh3p issue=Inauguration of Black Star Shipping Line dt=ships & fishes
Polynesian girl holding a swordfish French Polynesia 2/12/1992 3fr dt=Tourist Activities
Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip tortoise & swordfish (2 stamps of Seychelles, 1972)
swordfish (4 stamps, New Zealand & 2 others, 1935-2004)
swordfish Harpooner on fishing boat Chile 7/27/1990 40p dt=marine resources
swordfish Xiphias gladiolus Albania 1/1967 80q dt=fishes (1967 Albania)
swordfish Xiphias gladius (2 stamps, Algeria & Ghana, 1989-1995)
Trawlers Map, swordfish, bluefin tuna (2 stamps, New Hebrides (Br) & New Hebrides (Fr), 1963)

Synonyms:
Xiphias gladiolus
swordfish Xiphias gladiolus Albania 1/1967 80q dt=fishes (1967 Albania)
Xiphias gladius
swordfish Xiphias gladius (2 stamps, Algeria & Ghana, 1989-1995)
Xiphias gladius (1969) Nicaragua 3/12/1969 35c issue=1969 air dt=fishes (1969 Nicaragua)
Xiphias gladius (1970) Peru 4/30/1970 5s dt=fishes (1970 Peru)
Xiphias gladius (1971) El Salvador 7/28/1971 30c dt=fishes (1971 El Salvador)
Xiphias gladius (1972) Senegal 11/25/1972 50fr dt=marine life (1972)
Xiphias gladius (1975) Dominica 6/2/1975 3c dt=fishes (1975 Dominica)
Xiphias gladius (1977 Comoro Islands) Comoro Islands 11/21/1977 30fr issue=Fish 1977
Xiphias gladius (1977 Gibraltar) Gibraltar 4/1/1977 50p issue=1977
Xiphias gladius (1979) Mauritania 11/12/1979 2um dt=fishes (1979 Mauritania)
Xiphias gladius (1984) North Korea 8/25/1984 5ch dt=Fish and Fishing Boats
Xiphias gladius (1987) Grenada Grenadines 6/15/1987 $4 issue=Capex '87 dt=game fish (1987)
Xiphias gladius (1988) (2 stamps of Turks & Caicos Islands, 1988)
Xiphias gladius (1993) Yugoslavia 3/20/1993 10000din dt=Protected Marine Life
Xiphias gladius (1997) Ascension 9/3/1997 25p issue=Gamefish 1997
Xiphias gladius (1998) Solomon Islands 2/27/1998 $1.40 dt=Billfish
Xiphias gladius (1999) Nauru 8/21/1999 50c issue=China '99
Xiphias gladius (2001 Guinea) Guinea 2/28/2001 1000fr issue=Marine Life 2001
Xiphias gladius (2001 Niuafo'ou) Niuafo'ou 6/5/2001 $1.00 dt=fishes (2001 Niuafo'ou)
Xiphias gladius (2004 Ascension) Ascension 7/26/2004 35p dt=sport fishing (2004)
Xiphias gladius (2004 Morocco) Morocco 11/16/2004 2.50d dt=marine fauna of Morocco
Xiphias gladius (2011) Turkey 4/28/2011 1.30l dt=fishes in Turkish seas


External links:
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