Strongylura
| Strongylura | |
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| Atlantic Needlefish (S. marina) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Belonidae |
| Genus: | Strongylura van Hasselt, 1824 |
| Type species | |
| Strongylura caudimaculata van Hasselt, 1824[1]
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Strongylura is a genus of needlefishes from the family Belonidae which is distributed throughout the tropical and warmer temperate waters of the world, including some species which live in freshwater.
Species[]
Currently, there are 14 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- (Valenciennes, 1846)
- (Girard, 1854) (Californian needlefish)
- (Regan, 1903)
- Collette, 1974 (Maya needlefish)
- (Valenciennes, 1846) (reef needlefish)
- Strongylura krefftii (Günther, 1866) (long tom)
- (Bleeker, 1850) (banded needlefish)
- Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792) (Atlantic needlefish)
- (Poey, 1860)
- S. n. forsythia , 1932
- S. n. notata (Poey, 1860) (redfin needlefish)
- (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (shoulderspot needlefish)
- (Valenciennes, 1846) (Senegal needlefish)
- Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823) (spottail needlefish)
- (Walbaum, 1792) (timucu)
- (Valenciennes, 1846) (Urville's longtom)
Taxonomy[]
It is thought that the genus Strongylura is not monophyletic.[3]
References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Strongylura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Strongylura in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Bruce B. Collette (September 2003). "Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832" (PDF). Annotated Checklist of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. 16. ISSN 1545-150X.
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