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Hound needlefish

Characteristics

  • Appears just below water surface.
  • Tends to swim away from divers.
  • Carnivorous. Mainly feeds on smaller fishes.

Description

  • Dorsally dark blue, side silvery and ventrally white.
  • Tail forked, and the lower lobe is longer than the upper lobe.
  • Large individuals have straight teeth. Teeth of small individuals are pointed anteriorly.

Common Name: Hound needlefish

Family Common Name: Needlefishes

Family: Belonidae

Scientific Name: Tylosurus crocodilus___(Péron & Lesueur, 1821)

Genus: Tylosurus

Maximum Length: 150 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Hound needlefish

Related fish

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