Genus ISTIOPHORUS
Kingdom / Phylum . . . . . . . . Subphylum / Superclass . . . . Class / Subclass / Infraclass Division / Superorder / Order Suborder / Infraorder . . . . . . Superfamily / Family . . . . . . . Subfamily / Genus . . . . . . . . .	Animalia / Chordata Cephalochordata / Gnathostomata Osteichthyes / Actinopterygii / Neopterygii n.a. / n.a. / Istiophoriformes n.a. / n.a. n.a. / Istiophoridae n.a. / Istiophorus
Age: Distribution:	Miocene-Recent Global
Depicted on: Central African Republic, 2023 (position 4 of sheet, fossil) Guinea, 2021 (M.S., fossil)