Billfish

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title: Billfish
text: The billfish are a group of saltwater predatory fish characterised by prominent pointed bills (rostra), and by their large size; some are longer than 4 m (13 ft). Extant billfish include sailfish and marlin, which make up the family Istiophoridae; and swordfish, sole member of the family Xiphiidae. They are often apex predators which feed on a wide variety of smaller fish, crustaceans and cephalopods. These two families are sometimes classified as belonging to the order Istiophoriformes, a group
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description: Group of fishes
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billfish
date created: 2005-07-09T17:57:49Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T13:08:50Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Atlantic_blue_marlin.jpg","width":4608,"height":3357}
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