Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792)

Inventories, Stefan Koerber Abstract National Biodiversity, 2025, To be dismissed: 61 marine bony fishes included in Argentina’s National Biodiversity Inventory based on unsuitable sources or erroneous data., Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 90, pp. 1-11 : 7

Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792)

Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792 | fig. 6

Carangiformes: Menoidei: Istiophoridae

The first records for Argentina have been published under the name Istiophorus americanus by Gneri & Nani (1960) and Ringuelet & Arámburu (1960), while subsequent authors used I. albicans ( Nakamura 1983, referring to Ringuelet & Arámburu; Menni et al. 1984, with reference to Gneri & Nani; Cousseau & Rosso 2019; Mabragaña & Cousseau 2021, referring to Menni et al.). Both names are today treated to be junior synonyms of Istiophorus platypterus . While Ringuelet & Arámburu (1960) provided no source at all, Gneri & Nani (1960) treated this species as a target for commercial fisheries at high seas which ‘en nuestro país es especialmente aquella que se lleva a cabo en las aguas oceánicas, fuera del límite de la plataforma continental’ and including the Indo-Pacific sailfish among the species ’capturados en la pesca pelágica realizada en las adyacencias del Mar Argentino’.