Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 12, 1796
Primary Source Reference:
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 12 Jan 1796
Additional Source Text:
"This fish measures from point of the beak to the end of its tail, 12 feet 3 inches, the sword 3 feet 9 inches long, and girt of the largest part of the body 4 feet 6 inches. It weighed independant of the bowels 198 pounds, was caught near the island of Nantucket, and is not, perhaps, inferior in taste to any fished used at our tables."
Notes:
There is only a single species of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, pictured here.
Peale's Common Name:
Swordfish
Peale's Scientific Name:
Xephias gladius
Current Common Name:
Swordfish
Current Scientific Name
Xiphias gladius
