Belone
Belone is a genus of needlefish common in brackish and marine waters. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Belonidae |
| Genus: | Belone G. Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Esox belone Linnaeus 1761[1] | |
Species
Three recognised species are in this genus:[2]
- Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761) (garfish)
- Belone euxini Günther, 1866
- Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970 (short-beaked garfish)
Etymology
Georges Cuvier erected the genus by using the specific name of Linneaus's Esox belone in tautonymy, the word belone is Greek for a needlefish and is thought to have originally referred to the greater pipefish.[3]
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belone". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Belone in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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