Keeled needlefish

Platybelone platyura

Eel from the Persian Gulf

Keeled needlefish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 45 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Belonidae
Genus: Platybelone
Maximum length: 45 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Hawaiian and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ogasawara Islands. The subspecies platura from the Red Sea to Persian Gulf, platyura in the rest of the Indo-Pacific, and argalus in the tropical Atlantic (Ref. 37816 ).

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