Béloniformes

Needlefishes

Classification
Ostéichthyen Beloniformes Belonidae (needlefishes) Belone Strongylura Tylosurus Exocoetidae (flyingfishes) Exocoetus Cheilopogon
6 familles	280 espèces

Classification

Ostéichthyen

Beloniformes

Belonidae (needlefishes)
- Belone
- Strongylura
- Tylosurus
Exocoetidae (flyingfishes)
- Exocoetus
- Cheilopogon

6 familles

280 espèces

Références web
fishbase en.wikipedia	fishesofaustralia eol

Références web

fishbase

en.wikipedia

fishesofaustralia

eol

Description
Elongate fishes both upper and lower jaws extended into long beaks filled with sharp teeth; ligne latérale continue pttes écailles cycloïdes, green or blue on the back and silvery white on the lower sides and belly (camouflage // lumière inversée) carnivores : ptts poissons Interarcual cartilage (connects the epibranchial bone of the first gill arch with the infrapharyngobranchial of the second gill arch) small or absent small second and third epibranchials; interhyal absent lower caudal fin lobe with more principal rays than the upper lobe Presence of a fixed or nonprotrusible upper jaw adult length: 1.9cm à 153cm nonguarders
Identification key to Exocoetidae
Identification key to Belonidae

Etymologies		Source
Belonidae	Greek, belone = needle (any fish with sharp pointed snout)	fishbase
Exocoetidae	Greek, exo = outside + Greek, koite = nest, hollow	fishbase



Belone belone
fishbase / doris / cotebleue / lemondeposeidon	Synonymes Garfish	Linnaeus, 1761 / LC / ITIS 165594

by Julien Renoult (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2010 Greece by agostond (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2011 Krete by Roberto Pillon (via Encyclopedia of Life)


2015 Sardegna by euparkeria (via Encyclopedia of Life)	Lefkada (Gr) by Pillon Roberto (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Atlantiq NE & Méditerranée + Black Sea	Orphie	temperate
shallow waters / 45-93cm / 400g- 5kg	dioecism, fécondation externe, openwater, nonguarder, ovipare; eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface	oceanodromous (voire anadrome) pélagique en ptts grps; sauts fréquents si pourchassées
Belone belone



Cheilopogon heterurus
fishbase / cotebleue / en.wikipedia	Synonymes Mediterranean flyingfish	Rafinesque, 1810 / LC / ITIS 616688

		By David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann (via Wikimedia Commons)
worldwide	Exocet méditerranéen	subtropical
<50m / 15cm-40cm	dioecism, fécondation externe, nonguarder, summer; eggs with filaments over the entire surface	océanodrome, pelagic, bancs au large
Cheilopogon heterurus



Exocoetus volitans
fishbase	Synonymes Tropical flyingfish	Linnaeus, 1758 / LC / ITIS 165508

2012 by Graham Ekins via fllickr	Entrecasteaux (83) ©Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle by J.P. Siblet (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2017 Keys (Florida)©John Milcetich (via INaturalist)
worldwide	Poisson volant	(sub)tropical
<20m / 20-30cm	dioecism, fécondation externe, ovipare, nonguarder	schooling
Exocoetus volitans



Strongylura incisa
fishbase	Synonymes	Valenciennes, 1846/ NE / ITIS 165563

2007 Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Is.) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	2011 Vanuatu by Arthur Chapman (via fishbase)
Indo-Pacifiq	reef needlefish	tropical
<3m / 60-100cm	dioecism, fécondation externe, ovipare, nonguarder, openwater	over both lagoon and seaward reefs
Strongylura incisa



Tylosurus choram
fishbase / en.wiki / nomadica	Synonymes Red Sea houndfish	Rüppell, 1837 / NE / ITIS 165578

1996 Red Sea ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


2008 Marsa Alam by Stefano Tito (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2004 by Fernando Herranz Martin (via Encyclopedia of Life)	1975 Port Sudan ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)
W-Indian & Red Sea & SE-Méditerranée (lessepsian)	aiguille voyeuse de Mer Rouge	tropical
70-120cm	ovipare	pelagic-oceanic	bnbn	hhh
Tylosurus choram

MàJ 13/03/2023