Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) Description
English: Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792)
Date 1840
Source Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Volume 2
Author E. Ruppell
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histiophorus_immaculatus_TZSL.jpg
The Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) is a sailfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Two sailfish species have been recognized; Atlantic sailfish and Indo-Pacific sailfish. However, no differences have been found in mtDNA, morphometrics or meristics between the two supposed species and most authorities now only recognized a single species, (Istiophorus platypterus), found in warmer oceans around the world.