Belone
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Belone belone1.jpg
| image2 = Belone belone3.jpg
| taxon = Belone
| authority = G. Cuvier, 1816
| type_species = Esox belone
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus 1761{{Cof record|genid=871|title=Belone|access-date=28 July 2019}}
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Belone is a genus of needlefish common in brackish and marine waters mainly found in the eastern Atlantic ocean to Mediterranean and Black Sea, as well. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae.
Species
Three recognised species are in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Belone| month = April | year = 2019}}
- 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/beloniformes/ | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 15 June 2019 | title= Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes) | access-date = 28 July 2019 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline| Belone|Belone}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline| Belone|Belone}}
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Category:Ray-finned fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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