Strongylura strongylura

Strongylura strongylura, the spottail needlefish or blackspot longtom, is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae. It is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans from the Persian Gulf east to Australia and the Philippines.[2] This species occurs in coastal waters and in mangrove-lined lagoons as well as being recorded in estuarine areas and it has even entered freshwater. Living S. strongylura have been found alive and buried in mud during low tide.[1] It is piscivorous, feeding mainly on clupeoids. This species is oviparous and the eggs adhere to objects in the water which catch the tendrils which cover the surface of the egg.[2] Strongylura strongylura under the synonym of Strongylura caudimaculata is the type species of the genus Strongylura.[3] It as originally described as Belone strongylura by Johan Coenraad van Hasselt in 1823 with the type locality given as Vizagapatam, India.[4]

Strongylura strongylura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Belonidae
Genus: Strongylura
Species:
S. strongylura
Binomial name
Strongylura strongylura
(van Hasselt, 1823)
Synonyms[2]
  • Belone strongylura van Hasselt, 1823
  • Tylosurus strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823)
  • Tylosurus strongylurus (van Hasselt, 1823)
  • Strongylura caudimaculata van Hasselt, 1824
  • Belone caudimacula Cuvier, 1829
  • Belone oculata Leschenault, 1846
  • Belone saigonensis Sauvage, 1879

References
  1. Collette, B.B. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Strongylura strongylura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T166902A56973486. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Strongylura strongylura" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Strongylura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belone strongylura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
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