A fisherman at Oyorokotor fishing settlement in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday morning, March 5, caught a giant swordfish.
A Facebook user, Zion Godwin shared the news, with photos of the fish surrounded by residents of the community.
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill.
They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood.
Sport fishing is a water recreation in which fishermen compete amongst themselves to trap a lot of distinctive goal fishes.
These fish are determined widely in tropical and temperate elements of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Swordfish are classified as oily fish. Many fitness corporations, inclusive of United States Food and Drug Administration, warn approximately ability toxicity from high degrees of methylmercury in swordfish. FDA recommends that younger kids, pregnant girls, and girls of infant-bearing age not consume swordfish.
Swordfish is a especially famous fish for cooking. Since swordfish are huge, its meat is typically offered as steaks, which are often grilled. Swordfish meat is especially company, and can be cooked in approaches more fragile varieties of fish can't (which includes over a grill on skewers).
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