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Belone

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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]

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". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Belone in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ 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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Belone: Brief Summary

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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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