Swordfish
Strongylura marina
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Belonidae
- Genus
- Strongylura
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 12 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 13 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 9 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 4 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 5 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 8 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 49 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 108 records
- New England, United States - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 5 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 757 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records