| Xiphiorhynchus | |
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| A restored sketch sheet of Xiphiorhynchus rotundus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Xiphiidae |
| Genus: | †Xiphiorhynchus Van Beneden, 1871 |
| Referred species | |
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Xiphiorhynchus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish. It is a member of the Xiphiidae, commonly known as swordfish or broadbills. Unlike the modern swordfish, both its upper and lower jaws were extended into blade-like rostrums. It first evolved in the Eocene and went extinct by the end of the Miocene.