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Billfish

The billfish are saltwater predatory ray-finned fish from the superfamily Xiphioidea, characterised by prominent pointed bills (rostra), and by their large size; some are longer than 4 m (13 ft). Extant billfish include sailfish and marlin, which make up the family Istiophoridae; and swordfish, sole member of the family Xiphiidae. They are often apex…

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Structure and function of the bill

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Commercial fishing

Recreational fishing

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related to Further reading · 141
Billfish → Abascal, Advances, AG, AJ Lynch, American Fisheries Society, An, Archived, Atlantic, Australia's Eastern Tuna, BE, Beaugrand, Bensley, Bibcode, Billfish Fishery, Billfishes, Biogeography, Bulletin, Bycatch, Bycatch Specialist Working Group, California Law Review
related to External links · 45
Billfish → April, Assessing Global Status, Atlas, August, Billfish Catches Interactive Atlas, Billfish Fishery Management The, Billfish Fishstocks, Billfish FoundationPBS/BBC/NHK Documentary SuperfishBill, Billfish Stocks ScienceDaily, Billfish Studies Archived, Billfish Tagging Tuna Research, Billfish WWF, Blue, Campaign, Conservation Archived, Conservation Center, December, EurekAlert, European Commission, Expanding Dead Zones Are
related to Evolution · 20
Billfish → Blochiidae, Blochius-like, Eocene, Hemingwaya, Hemingwayidae, Istiophoridae, Late Cretaceous, Late Paleocene, Most, Palaeorhynchidae, Paleocene, Paleogene, Peru, Several, Some, The, This, Turkmenistan, Xiphiidae, Xiphiorhynchidae
related to Taxonomy · 15
Billfish → Carangiformes, Eschmeyer's Catalog, Fishes, For, However, Istiophoriformes, Menidae, Menoidei, Most, Other, Perciformes, Scombroidei, Sphyraenidae, These, World
related to Conservation · 13
Billfish → As, Atlantic, Because, For, High, However, J-hooks, Marlin, Overfishing, Studies, Swordfish, The, This
related to True billfish · 12
Billfish → Atlantic, Controversy, FishBase, Indo-Pacific, Istiophoridae, Makaira, Nakamura, One, Swordfish, The, Xiphias, Xiphiidae
related to Structure and function of the bill · 9
Billfish → Adult, Care, Given, Like, Many, Pelagic, Predators, The, They
related to Other characteristics · 8
Billfish → Females, Indo-Pacific, Like, Many, Some, Their, These, They
related to As food · 6
Billfish → Blue, It, Japan, Sailfish, Swordfish, They
related to Recreational fishing · 6
Billfish → Alternatively, Commercial, In North America, The, These, They

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fish marlin swordfish species tuna sailfish 2011 blue istiophoridae xiphiidae also found high large known highly bills fishes fisheries long

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the blochiidsinstance ofThis ancient divergence is based on the early remains of apparent crown-group billfish0.80text
xiphiorhynchids..mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinnerinstance ofThis ancient divergence is based on the early remains of apparent crown-group billfish0.80text
swordfishinstance ofIf this is a problem with dolphins it is an even greater problem with billfish0.80text
which swiminstance ofIf this is a problem with dolphins it is an even greater problem with billfish0.80text
accelerate faster than dolphinsinstance ofIf this is a problem with dolphins it is an even greater problem with billfish0.80text
the Maldivesinstance ofCommercial fishingIn parts of the Pacific and Indian Ocean0.80text
billfishinginstance ofCommercial fishingIn parts of the Pacific and Indian Ocean0.80text
particularly for swordfishinstance ofCommercial fishingIn parts of the Pacific and Indian Ocean0.80text
is an important component of subsistence fishinginstance ofCommercial fishingIn parts of the Pacific and Indian Ocean0.80text
ballyhooinstance ofBillfish are caught deeper down the water column by drifting with live bait fish0.80text
striped mullet or bonitoinstance ofBillfish are caught deeper down the water column by drifting with live bait fish0.80text
catchinstance ofsport fishermen and conservationists now work together to gather information on billfish stocks and implement programs0.80text

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