 | Smithsonian Institution - 1882 - 1366 pages
...rich purplish blue, the color extending upon the rostrum. Lower side of rostrum rich brownish par pie. Eye deep blue. No trace of scales. Viscera. — Liver greenish light brown. Stomach siphonal: pyloric cfeca infinite in number; intestine spiral 10 inches long when in position, 1)0 when stretched out.... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1882 - 714 pages
...Weight 113 pounds; extremity of sword gone. One of the smallest ever seen in this region. Dorsal flu in 'its median part nearly destroyed, but traces of...purple. Eye deep blue. No trace of scales. Viscera. — Lm-r greenish light brown. Stomach siphonal; pyloric caeca infinite in number ; intestine spiral... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1882 - 700 pages
...rich purplish blue, the color extending upon the rostrum. Lower side of rostrum rich brownish puiple. Eye deep blue. No trace of scales. Viscera. — Liver...and at same distance from the liver, connected by ,i duct. Air-bladder simple, large. Spermaries large, 6 inches long. Stomach contained small fish,... | |
 | 1882 - 1424 pages
...into whitish beneath the sides, und belly with a silvery luster. Fins bluish dark with silverysheen, except dorsal. Top of the head rich purplish blue,...side of rostrum rich brownish purple. -Eye deep blue, íío trace of scales. Viscera. — Liver greenish light brown. Stomach siphoual; pyloric creca infinite... | |
 | Tarleton Hoffman Bean - 1903 - 240 pages
...sides and belly with a silvery lustre. Fins, dark bluish with silvery sheen, except dorsal. Top of head rich purplish blue, the color extending upon...side of rostrum rich brownish purple. Eye deep blue. SWORDFISH —ADULT. The Swordfish inhabits the Atlantic and comes near both coasts : it is most abundant... | |
 | 1903 - 800 pages
...the sides and belly with a silvery luster. Fins dark bluish with silvery sheen except dorsal. Top of head rich purplish blue, the color extending upon...side of rostrum rich brownish purple. Eye deep blue." The swordfish inhabits the Atlantic and comes near both coasts; it is most abundant between Cuba and... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1882 - 708 pages
...silvery luster. Fins bluish dark with silvery sheen, except dorsal. Top of the head rich purplish bine, the color extending upon the rostrum. Lower side of rostrum rich brownish purple. Eye deep blue. Xo trace of scales. Viscera. — Liver greenish light brown. Stomach siphonal; pyloric creca infinite... | |
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Color. — Above rich purplish blue, shading into whitish beneath the sides, and belly with a silvery luster. Fins bluish dark with silvery sheen, except dorsal. Top of the head rich purplish blue, the color extending upon the rostrum. Lower side of rostrum... 