Keeltail needlefish

Keeltail needlefish
	Platybelone argalus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Family:	Belonidae
Genus:	Platybelone
Species:	P. argalus
Binomial name
	Platybelone argalus; (Lesueur, 1821)
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	Platybelone annobonensis Collette & Parin, 1970; Belone adreola Valenciennes, 1846; Belone carinata Valenciennes, 1846; Platybelone dorsalis Whitley, 1932; Strongylura longleyi Breder, 1932; Belone persimilis Günther, 1909; Belone platyura Bennett, 1832; Tylosurus pterurus Osburn & Nichols, 1916; Esox teatae Curtiss, 1938; Belone trachura Valenciennes, 1846; Platybelone trachura (Valenciennes 1846);

The keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus), sometimes called the keeled needlefish, is a tropical fish of the family Belonidae. It was described by the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1821.

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