Cape Verde Needlefish

Platybelone lovii

Belonid Fish of Coastal Waters

Tropical
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Platybelone lovii is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae. It is a predatory, pelagic fish which is endemic to the eastern Atlantic Ocean in the waters around Cape Verde. This species was described by Albert Günther in 1866 as Belone lovii and was named in honour of the British naturalist Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Belonidae
Genus: Platybelone
Maximum length: 24 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: restricted to the Cape Verde.

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