The alleged pugnacity of the swordfish and the spearfishes as shown by their attacks on vessels
Subtitle: a study of their behavior and the structures which make possible these attacks
By: by E.W. Gudger.
Series: Memoirs of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal -- v. 12, no. 2.
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal
Published: 1940
Place of publication: Calcutta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Swordfish -- Behavior.; Spearfishes -- Behavior.
Other titles: Alleged pugnacity of swordfish and spearfishes.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-315).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The swordfish and the spearfishes - the Xiphiiformes; title: Swordfishing and swordfish attacks on boats in the Mediterranean; title: Accounts of sword- and spearfish attacks on vessels in the three central oceans; title: Swordfishing in the Western North Atlantic; title: Swordfish attacks in the Western North Atlantic; title: Does Xiphias attack other marine animals?; title: Xiphias drives its sword in the mud of the sea bottom; title: The force of the blow delivered by the swordfish and the spearfishes; title: Why do the Xiphiiform fishes attack vessels?