keeltail needlefish

Platybelone argalus

Fifty Centimeters Eel of the Caribbean Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus), sometimes called the keeled needlefish, is a tropical fish of the family Belonidae. It was described by the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1821.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Belonidae
Genus: Platybelone
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251 ), including the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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