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Belonidae
Atlantic needlefish
Strongylura marina
Elongated jaws form long needle beak
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Elongated
LargeThe Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) is a common demersal needlefish species common in marinas and other areas with minimal currents. Body very elongated, rounded; extremely elongated jaws form a long beak, with numerous needle-like teeth; rear of the top jaw-bone by being exposed when the mouth is closed. It has no gill rakers, the fins without spines; low lobes at the front of the dorsal and anal fins.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Belonidae
- Genus
- Strongylura
- Maximum length
- 111 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Maine, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Absent from the Bahamas and Antilles (Ref. 3129 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
Conservation status
