Platybelone lovii

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| taxon = Platybelone lovii

| authority = (Günther, 1866)

| synonyms = Belone lovii Günther, 1866

Platybelone argalus lovii(Günther, 1866)

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Platybelone lovii is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae. It is a predatory, pelagic fish which is endemic to the eastern Atlantic Ocean in the waters around Cape Verde.{{Fishbase|Platybelone|lovii|month=April|year=2019}} This species was described by Albert Günther in 1866 as Belone lovii and was named in honour of the British naturalist Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874).{{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) | accessdate = 28 July 2019 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}