''Strongylura'' is a

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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 ...

es from the

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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., ' ...

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: * ''

Strongylura anastomella ''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 recogni ...

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, 1846) * ''

Strongylura exilis ''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 recogni ...

'' ( Girard, 1854) (Californian needlefish) * ''

Strongylura fluviatilis ''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 recogni ...

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, 1903) * ''

Strongylura hubbsi ''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 recogni ...

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, 1974 (Maya needlefish) * ''

Strongylura incisa ''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 recogni ...

'' (Valenciennes, 1846) (reef needlefish) * ''

Strongylura krefftii The long tom or freshwater longtom (''Strongylura krefftii'') is a species of euryhaline needlefish native to Northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.: This species occurs in the coastal rivers of tropical Australia and New Guinea. In Australi ...

'' ( Günther, 1866) (long tom) * ''

Strongylura leiura ''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 recogni ...

'' ( Bleeker, 1850) (banded needlefish) * '' Strongylura marina'' ( Walbaum, 1792) (Atlantic needlefish) * ''

Strongylura notata ''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 recogni ...

'' (Poey, 1860) ** ''S. n. forsythia'' Breder, 1932 ** ''S. n. notata'' ( Poey, 1860) (redfin needlefish) * ''

Strongylura scapularis ''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 recogni ...

'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (shoulderspot needlefish) * ''

Strongylura senegalensis ''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 recogni ...

'' (Valenciennes, 1846) (Senegal needlefish) * ''

Strongylura strongylura ''Strongylura strongylura'', the spottail needlefish or blackspot longtom, is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae. It is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans from the Persian Gulf east to Australia and the Philippines. Th ...

'' ( van Hasselt, 1823) (spottail needlefish) * ''

Strongylura timucu ''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 recogni ...

'' (Walbaum, 1792) (timucu) * ''

Strongylura urvillii ''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 recogni ...

'' (Valenciennes, 1846) (Urville's longtom)

Taxonomy

It is thought that the genus ''Strongylura'' is not

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References

Belonidae Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt {{Beloniformes-stub