Definition of Istiophorus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Istiophoridae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Istiophorus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae
Member holonyms: Atlantic Sailfish, Istiophorus Albicans

Lexicographical Neighbors of Istiophorus

Issas
Issue
Issus
Istanbul
Istanbul twist
Istanbulite
Isthmian Games
Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
Isthmus Zapotec
Isthmus of Corinth
Isthmus of Kra
Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Suez
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Istiophoridae
Istiophorus (current term)
Istiophorus albicans
Istria
Istrian
Istriot
Istro-Romanian
Istro-Romanians
Isuprel
Isuridae
Isurus
Isurus glaucus
Isurus oxyrhincus
Isurus paucus
Iswa
Isy

Literary usage of Istiophorus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Istiophorus has the dorsal fin very high, like a great sail, ... Closely related to this is Istiophorus orientalis of Japan and other less known species of ..."

2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Dorsal fin much higher than depth of body, and not divided in middle; ventral fins formed of 2 or 3 rays Istiophorus. Genus Istiophorus Lacepede. ..."

3. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1888)
"Ventral rays 2 or 3; D. very high Istiophorus, 122. 122. ... W. L, N. to Cape Cod. (Lat., white.) 123. Istiophorus Lacepede. ..."

4. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Zool. and Bot., vol. 2, p.. December, 1837. Type, Istiophorus flavescens GRAY (Artibeus ... Istiophorus ..."

5. Bulletin by Geological Survey of New Jersey (1911)
"Genus Istiophorus Lacepede. , Istiophorus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ... Istiophorus ANTIQUUS (Leidy). Xiphias antiquus Leidy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. ..."

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