Keeltail needlefish
Platybelone pterura
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Belonidae
Tylosurus est un genre de poissons de la famille des Belonidae. Ils sont capables de sauter en l'air avant de plonger, afin de bénéficier d'un effet de surprise (probablement l'effet d'optique de la fenêtre de Snell) et ainsi d'attraper des proies plus lointaines.
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. Description Keeltail needlefish, like all needlefish, closely resemble North American freshwater gars (family Lepisosteidae).
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Distribution
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