Biology:Belone

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Belone
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Belonidae
Genus: Belone
G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Esox belone
Linnaeus 1761[1]

Belone is a genus of needlefish common in brackish and marine waters. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae.

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 Linnaeus'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

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Belone". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=871. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Belone in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 15 June 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/beloniformes/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2288494 entry