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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Belonidae |
Genus: |
Belone G. Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Esox belone Linnaeus 1761
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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.
Three recognised species are in this genus: [2]
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]
Belone | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Belonidae |
Genus: |
Belone G. Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Esox belone Linnaeus 1761
[1]
|
Belone is a genus of needlefish common in brackish and marine waters. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae.
Three recognised species are in this genus: [2]
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]