HOME





Tylosurus
''Tylosurus'' is a genus of needlefish, one of ten in the family Belonidae. They are found worldwide in tropical and warmer temperate seas and two species have been recorded as Lessepsian migrants in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Species The seven currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Tylosurus acus'' (Lacepède, 1803) ** ''T. a. acus'' ( Lacépède, 1803) (Agujon needlefish) ** ''T. a. imperialis'' (Rafinesque, 1810) ** ''T. a. melanotus'' ( Bleeker, 1850) (keel-jawed needlefish) ** ''T. a. rafale'' Collette & Parin, 1970 (Atlantic agujon needlefish) * ''Tylosurus choram'' ( Rüppell, 1837) (Red Sea houndfish) * ''Tylosurus crocodilus'' ( Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (Houndfish) * ''Tylosurus fodiator'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Mexican needlefish) * ''Tylosurus gavialoides'' ( Castelnau, 1873) (Stout long tom) * ''Tylosurus pacificus'' ( Steindachner, 1876) (Pacific agujon needlefish) * ''Tylosurus punctulatus'' ( Günther, 1872) (Spotted long tom) Ety ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Houndfish
The houndfish (''Tylosurus crocodilus'') is a game fish of the family Belonidae. It is the largest member of its family, growing up to in length and in weight. It is also often called the crocodile needlefish. Description While the houndfish has no spines, its dorsal fin has 21–25 soft rays, and its anal fin has 19–22. They are also known to have 80–86 vertebrae. A key way of distinguishing the houndfish from other members of the genus ''Tylosurus'' is that the houndfish's teeth point anteriorly when the fish is a juvenile. The teeth of other species are straight at all ages.Collette, B.B. 1999 Belonidae. Needlefishes. p. 2151-2161. In: K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. The houndfish also has a more stout, cylindrical body and a shorter head than other needlefishes. They have dark blue back ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Tylosurus Crocodilus
The houndfish (''Tylosurus crocodilus'') is a game fish of the family Belonidae. It is the largest member of its family, growing up to in length and in weight. It is also often called the crocodile needlefish. Description While the houndfish has no spines, its dorsal fin has 21–25 soft rays, and its anal fin has 19–22. They are also known to have 80–86 vertebrae. A key way of distinguishing the houndfish from other members of the genus ''Tylosurus'' is that the houndfish's teeth point anteriorly when the fish is a juvenile. The teeth of other species are straight at all ages.Collette, B.B. 1999 Belonidae. Needlefishes. p. 2151-2161. In: K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. The houndfish also has a more stout, cylindrical body and a shorter head than other needlefishes. They have dark blue ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Tylosurus
''Tylosurus'' is a genus of needlefish, one of ten in the family Belonidae. They are found worldwide in tropical and warmer temperate seas and two species have been recorded as Lessepsian migrants in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Species The seven currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Tylosurus acus'' (Lacepède, 1803) ** ''T. a. acus'' ( Lacépède, 1803) (Agujon needlefish) ** ''T. a. imperialis'' (Rafinesque, 1810) ** ''T. a. melanotus'' ( Bleeker, 1850) (keel-jawed needlefish) ** ''T. a. rafale'' Collette & Parin, 1970 (Atlantic agujon needlefish) * ''Tylosurus choram'' ( Rüppell, 1837) (Red Sea houndfish) * ''Tylosurus crocodilus'' ( Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (Houndfish) * ''Tylosurus fodiator'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Mexican needlefish) * ''Tylosurus gavialoides'' ( Castelnau, 1873) (Stout long tom) * ''Tylosurus pacificus'' ( Steindachner, 1876) (Pacific agujon needlefish) * ''Tylosurus punctulatus'' ( Günther, 1872) (Spotted long tom) Ety ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Tylosurus Gavialoides
''Tylosurus'' is a genus of needlefish, one of ten in the family Belonidae. They are found worldwide in tropical and warmer temperate seas and two species have been recorded as Lessepsian migrants in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Species The seven currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Tylosurus acus'' (Lacepède, 1803) ** ''T. a. acus'' (Lacépède, 1803) (Agujon needlefish) ** ''T. a. imperialis'' ( Rafinesque, 1810) ** ''T. a. melanotus'' (Bleeker, 1850) (keel-jawed needlefish) ** ''T. a. rafale'' Collette & Parin, 1970 (Atlantic agujon needlefish) * '' Tylosurus choram'' ( Rüppell, 1837) (Red Sea houndfish) * ''Tylosurus crocodilus'' ( Péron & Lesueur, 1821) ( Houndfish) * '' Tylosurus fodiator'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Mexican needlefish) * '' Tylosurus gavialoides'' ( Castelnau, 1873) (Stout long tom) * '' Tylosurus pacificus'' (Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Tylosurus Acus
''Tylosurus acus'' (keel-jawed needlefish) is a game fish of the family Belonidae. Distribution The keel-jawed needlefish is widespread in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Taxonomy There are four recognised subspecies of ''Tylosurus acus'': *''T. a. acus'' ( Lacepède, 1803) (Agujon needlefish) - in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Brazil and in the eastern Atlantic off Morocco and in the western Mediterranean *''T. a. imperialis'' ( Rafinesque, 1810) in the Mediterranean Sea and Cape Verde Islands *''T. a. rafale'' Collette and Parin 1970 (Atlantic agujon needlefish) Gulf of Guinea *''T. a melanotus'' (Bleeker, 1850) (Keel-jawed needlefish) in the Indo-West Pacific and oceanic islands in the eastern tropical Pacific Revillagigedo Islands, Clipperton Island, and Cocos Island. ''Tylosurus pacificus'' was once considered a subspecies of ''T. acus'' but is now considered a distinct species. Although ''acus'' was suppressed by ICZN Opinion 900, continued us ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Tylosurus Fodiator
''Tylosurus fodiator'', the Mexican needlefish, is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae which is found only in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California south to Ecuador including the Galapagos, Cocos and Malpelo Islands. It was previously considered to be a subspecies of the houndfish but is now regarded as valid species. This species is normally encountered close to the coast but can be found in offshore waters. It is a predatory species, feeding mainly on small fishes. They lay eggs which adhere to objects in the water by filaments which cover the outer layer of the eggs. This species was described in 1882 by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert with the type locality given as Mazatlán in Sinaloa, western Mexico. References {{Taxonbar, From=Q28802726 fodiator ''Fodiator'' is a genus of flying fishes. It is the only genus in the subfamily Fodiatorinae. Etymology ''Fodiator'' means "one who stab", likely a reference to the long, thin, sh ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Tylosurus Choram
''Tylosurus choram'', the Red Sea houndfish, is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae. A marine fish bluish in color with a long slender body, and a pointed long toothed beak, found in most temperate, warm seas, and sometimes rivers, it is found in abundance in the Red Sea. It is a fast predator swimming in small schools near the water surface. Like other species of needlefish this species is oviparous, laying eggs which attach themselves to objects in the water by means of filaments which cover the outer layer of the egg. ''Tylosurus choram'' is found in the Red Sea and in coastal waters around the Arabian Peninsula to the Gulf of Oman. It has been reported twice, forty years apart, in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel.Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (''Tylosurus choram''). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Tylosurus_choram.pdf This species was described as ''Belone choram'' by Eduar ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Belonidae
Needlefish (family Belonidae) or long toms are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., '' Strongylura''), while a few genera are confined to freshwater rivers and streams, including '' Belonion'', ''Potamorrhaphis'', and '' Xenentodon''. Needlefish closely resemble North American freshwater gars (family Lepisosteidae) in being elongated and having long, narrow jaws filled with sharp teeth, and some species of needlefishes are referred to as gars or garfish despite being only distantly related to the true gars. In fact, the name "garfish" was originally used for the needlefish '' Belone belone'' in Europe and only later applied to the North American fishes by European settlers during the 18th century. Description Needlefish are slender, ranging from in length. They have a single dorsal fin, placed far back on the body, almos ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Needlefish
Needlefish ( family Belonidae) or long toms are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., '' Strongylura''), while a few genera are confined to freshwater rivers and streams, including ''Belonion'', ''Potamorrhaphis'', and '' Xenentodon''. Needlefish closely resemble North American freshwater gars (family Lepisosteidae) in being elongated and having long, narrow jaws filled with sharp teeth, and some species of needlefishes are referred to as gars or garfish despite being only distantly related to the true gars. In fact, the name " garfish" was originally used for the needlefish '' Belone belone'' in Europe and only later applied to the North American fishes by European settlers during the 18th century. Description Needlefish are slender, ranging from in length. They have a single dorsal fin, placed far back on the body, ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Anastasio Cocco
Anastasio Cocco (29 August 1799, Messina – 26 February 1854, Messina) was an Italian naturalist who specialized in marine biology. Cocco was a pharmacist. He was especially interested in fish and described several taxa from the Straits of Messina. In 1852 his friend the German scientist Eduard Rüppell named a fish ''Microichthys coccoi'' to honor his name. He was a friend and correspondent of many other naturalists notably Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Antoine Risso Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard and naturalist. Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published ' (1810), ' (182 ... and August David Krohn. Works Partial list * Cocco, A. 1829. Su di alcuni pesci de'mari di Messina. ''Giornale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti per la Sicilia'' (Palermo) 7 26(77): 138–147 46 Contains the description of Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 the Halfnaked H ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]