Belonidae

Riverine Needlefish

Belonion apodion

Belonid Fish beneath South American Waters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Small
• Tropical fish

Belonion apodion is one of two freshwater needlefish in the genus Belonion, which is in the family Belonidae. It is native to South America where it is found in the basins of the Guaporè and Madeira Rivers. This species was described by Bruce Collette in 1966 with the type locality given as Laguna 3 kilometers southwest of Costa Marques on the Rio Guapore in Bolivia at border between Brazil and Bolivia.