This large fish with a long, rounded, spear-like upper jaw is available wild-caught. It is a nomadic marine fish found in the open ocean right around the Australian coast; it hunts near the surface, mainly at night. It is caught only as bycatch, mainly by tuna longliners off the east and west coasts.
Though similar in appearance to Swordfish it is easily distinguished by its shorter, rounded ‘spear’ and scaled skin.