[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Pisces
     Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
         Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque, 1815 - swordfishes
           Genus Xiphias Linnaeus, 1758
             1 Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 - swordfish