tuberculatus, Phaethonichthys Nichols [J. T.] 1923:1, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 94; ref. 3176] Rapa Island, Austral Group, Polynesia (from bird gullet). Holotype (unique): AMNH 8257. Genus originally as Phaëthonichthys. •Synonym of Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Nakamura 1983:267 [ref. 5371], Nakamura 1985:48 [ref. 20161], Nakamura 1990:998 [ref. 19483]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758. Xiphiidae. Habitat: marine.