Strongylura_leiura

<i>Strongylura</i>

Strongylura

Genus of fishes

Strongylura is a genus of needlefishes from the family Belonidae which is distributed throughout the tropical and warmer temperate waters of the world, including some species which live in freshwater.

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Species

Currently, there are 14 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Taxonomy

It is thought that the genus Strongylura is not monophyletic.[3] Domain.  : Eukaryota Kingdom.  : Animalia Phylum.  : Chordata Class.  : Actinopterygii Order.  : Beloniformes Family.  : Belonidae Genus.  : Strongylura Species.  : S. strongylura

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Strongylura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Strongylura in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. [3]
    Bruce B. Collette (September 2003). "Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832" (PDF). Annotated Checklist of Fishes. 16. California Academy of Sciences. ISSN 1545-150X.


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