Broadbill swordfish: are blackish-brown on the upper body, fading to light brown on the belly, deep azure blue to bright metallic purple on the back when alive. The eyes are very large and black. Their fins are brown or blackish-brown. Their upper jaw extends into a long bill which has a flattened oval cross section. The bill is approximately one third of the fish's total length. Adults have no teeth or scales and they have a large keel on each side of the body in front of the tail The dorsal fins are broadly separated and there are no pelvic fins. Broadbill Swordfish IGFA current record is 1,182 pounds caught in Chile in 1953
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