Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) are large fish characterized by a long, flat bill.

There is only one swordfish,xiphias gladius.

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

In July 2008, swordfish (Xiphias gladius) catch was reported on experimental hooks treated with electropositive metal.

Known predators of S. officinalis include large fish (such as monkfish and swordfish, Xiphias gladius) and whales.

Teuthowenia megalops are preyed upon by predatory fish like the blue shark (Prionace glauca) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius).

The commissioner believed the likeliest culprit in both men's deaths was the broadbill swordfish Xiphias gladius, whose tall dorsal fin would explain the fins sited during both attacks.

One family, Xiphiidae, contains only one species, the swordfish Xiphias gladius, and the other family, Istiophoridae contains 11 species in four genera, including marlin, spearfish and sailfish.

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja or Ajaia ajaja): Adults are largely pink.

The Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) (sometimes placed in its own genus Ajaja) is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae.

Wading birds, such as roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja), egrets, and tricolored herons (Egretta tricolor) use the mangroves as a nursery, due to the proximity of food sources and the protection offered from most prey.