Species: Tetrapturus spp
Istiophorus platypterus Dark blue on top, brown-blue laterally, silvery white... Read More
Xiphias gladius Sword like upper jaw, flattened bill. lack scales... Read More
A long flat, sword like bill and no pelvic fins
Pelvic fins absent
Large keel present on each side of caudal peduncle
Colour dorsal and laterla sides of body balckish-brown
Blackish brown fading to ligh-brown below; 1st dorsal find with balckish brown membrance
other fins brown or blackish brown.
It can grow upto 350cm, highly migratory.
It has elongated body, spear shaped snout and long rigid dorsal fin.
They are fast swimmers reaching speeds about 80km/hr.
A popular salwate fish found in tropical waters. The moderately lean flesh of the
sword fish may be white, orange or pink, but when cooked they all trun the same
colour and have the same mild flavour and meaty texture.
Gujarathi - Ghodo / Thad machi
Marathi - Tad masa
Konkani - Tonki
Kannada - Olemeenu
Malayalam - Vall meen
Tamil - Thalapathu / Kadu koppara / Mayil meen
Telugu - kommukonemu
Oriya - Mayur pankhi
Bengali - Mayur pankhi
Lakshadweep Is - Kuthirameen
It has moist & firm meat like texture good for grilling.
It has full flavour, Flesh can be ivory to pink.
This fish is low in fat and has high amount of omega-3 fatty acids.
Bright white or pink meat with bright red bloodline denotes freshness.
Thick meaty texture and mildflavor. Perfect for high heat cooking methods such as grilling and brioiling.
Sword fish is made for the grill. meat is so firm and well meaty that many non
fish eaters will eat sword.
Sword fish not a great candidate for poaching or deep fry.
When choosing sword fish, look for little strip of dark meat to red, not brown. If its brown the meat is old