Swordfish (Xiphias gladius). Norsk: Sverdfisk.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Swordfish yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Swordfish
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The swordfish (Xiphias gladius) is a large ocean predator, easy to recognise by its upper jaw, which extends into a flat, sharp-edged bill about a third of the body length. Most are around 3 m, and Atlantic fish have been recorded to about 4.5–4.9 m and 450 kg or more. The dorsal fin is tall and rigid, the tail large and crescent-shaped, and the colour blackish blue above and pale below. It lives in warm and temperate seas worldwide. By day it often stays deep, commonly down to about 500 m, and at night it hunts near the surface for schooling fish such as mackerel and herring, as well as squid, slashing at prey with its bill. It moves north in summer to feed and is now an almost annual visitor to the Norwegian coast south of Trøndelag, with records as far north as Troms. It does not spawn in Norwegian waters. Norwegian Red List 2021: Not Applicable (NA).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).