Definition of Genus istiophorus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Istiophoridae.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Istiophorus

genus Inachis
genus Indigofera
genus Indri
genus Inga
genus Inula
genus Ipomoea
genus Irena
genus Iresine
genus Iridoprocne
genus Iris
genus Irvingia
genus Isatis
genus Ischigualastia
genus Isoetes
genus Isopyrum
genus Istiophorus
genus Isurus
genus Iva
genus Ixia
genus Ixobrychus
genus Ixodes
genus Jabiru
genus Jacksonia
genus Jacquinia
genus Jaculus
genus Jambos
genus Jamesonia
genus Jasminum
genus Jatropha
genus Javanthropus

Literary usage of Genus istiophorus

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

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus ISTIOPHORUS Lacepede. Sail-fishes. Form slender, much compressed, caudal peduncle narrow; skin rough and covered with small, elongate scales; ..."

2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"Two genera, with about 5 species, oceanic, similar in character and habits to the swordfishes, but smaller in size. The genus Istiophorus contains a single ..."

3. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"... the allied genus Istiophorus, which is limited in its range to more tropical seas. Mr. Scoresby states an instance of a ship from the coast of Africa, ..."

4. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (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 ..."

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