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Definition of Istiophorus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Istiophoridae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae
Member holonyms: Atlantic Sailfish, Istiophorus Albicans
Lexicographical Neighbors of Istiophorus
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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