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Belone
Sign in to saveBelone is a genus of needlefish common in brackish and marine waters mainly found in the eastern Atlantic ocean to Mediterranean and Black Sea, as well. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderBeloniformes
- FamilyBelonidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 274
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Belonidae
- Collections
- CAS, NHMUK, ZMO, USNM, MZLU, GNM
- Recorded in
- Micronesia, United Kingdom, French Polynesia, Cuba, United States, Paraguay, Indonesia, Sweden
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- Belone
- taxon name
- Belone
- taxon rank
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- topic's main category
- Category:Belone
- taxonomic type
- Garfish
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Belone is a genus of needlefish common in brackish and marine waters mainly found in the eastern Atlantic ocean to Mediterranean and Black Sea, as well. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae.
==Species== Three recognised species are in this genus: Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761) (garfish) Belone euxini Günther, 1866 Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970 (short-beaked garfish) The fossil species †Belone countermani de Sant'Anna, Collette & Godfrey, 2013 is known from the mid-late Miocene-aged St. Marys Formation of Maryland, US.
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