Garfish

The garfish (Belone belone), also known as the garpike or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas.

For the large freshwater fish, see Gar. For the New Zealand fish, see Hyporhamphus ihi. For the Australian fish, see Hyporhamphus melanochir.

Garfish
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Belonidae
Genus: Belone
Species:
B. belone
Binomial name
Belone belone
(Linnaeus, 1761)
The range of the garfish
Synonyms
  • Esox belone Linnaeus, 1761
  • Belone belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Belone bellone (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Belone longirostris Schinz, 1822
  • Belone acus Risso, 1827
  • Belone vulgaris Fleming, 1828
  • Belone rostrata Faber, 1829
  • Hemiramphus europaeus Yarrell, 1837
  • Belone gracilis Lowe, 1839
  • Belone belone gracilis Lowe, 1839
  • Hemiramphus balticus Hohnbaum-Hornschuch, 1843
  • Hemiramphus behnii Hohnbaum-Hornschuch, 1843
  • Belone vulgaris Valenciennes, 1846
  • Belone undecimradiata Budge, 1848
  • Hemiramphus obtusus Couch, 1848
  • Macrognathus scolopax Gronow, 1854
  • Belone euxini Günther, 1866
  • Belone belone euxini Günther, 1866
  • Belone cornidii Günther, 1866
  • Belone linnei Malm, 1877
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