Order
Istiophoriformes
27 species
Istiophoriformes are an order of bony fish which is not fully recognized by some taxonomists, with some including the two extant families Xiphiidae and Istiophoridae, and others including the family Sphyraenidae.
The earliest fossils of this group are of early billfish from the Late Paleocene of Peru and Turkmenistan.
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Istiophoriformes are an order of bony fish which is not fully recognized by some taxonomists, with some including the two extant families Xiphiidae and Istiophoridae, and others including the family Sphyraenidae.
The earliest fossils of this group are of early billfish from the Late Paleocene of Peru and Turkmenistan.
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