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The swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as the broadbill [5] in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood.
Needlefish (family Belonidae) or long toms [2] are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., Strongylura), while a few genera are confined to freshwater rivers and streams, including Belonion, Potamorrhaphis, and Xenentodon. [3]
The swordfish has the longest bill, about one-third its body length. Like a true sword, it is smooth, flat, pointed and sharp. The bills of other billfish are shorter and rounder, more like spears. [40] Billfish normally use their bills to slash at schooling fish. They swim through the fish school at high speed, slashing left and right, and ...
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Swordfishtrombones is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records.It was the first album that Waits self-produced. Stylistically different from his previous albums, Swordfishtrombones moves away from conventional piano-based songwriting towards unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract and experimental rock approach.
While Mortimer unveils plans to Blake for his revolutionary weapon, the Swordfish, a mysterious individual spies on them. In the evening, the two friends are introduced to two agents there: Zhang Hasso, a defector from the Yellow Empire and Colonel Olrik, a specialist in Slavic languages. Going to bed, Mortimer realizes that some plans of the ...
Protosphyraena is a fossil genus of swordfish-like marine fish, that thrived worldwide during the Cretaceous period (Albian-Maastrichtian). Fossil remains of this taxon are mainly discovered in North America and Europe, and potential specimens are also known from Asia, Africa and Australia. [1]
An FDA inspection of a Tom’s of Maine manufacturing facility led to the discovery of “significant violations,” including bacteria in water used to make toothpaste and a black “mold-like ...