Names and classification
- English
- Banded needlefish, squaretail alligator gar
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Aiguillette ruban, Orphie, Orphie littorale
Other scientific names: Belone ciconia, Belone ferox, Belone leira, Belone leiurus, Belone natalensis, Belone tenuirostris, Rhaphiobelone dammermani, Strongylura leiura, Strongylura leiyra, Strongylurus leiura, Tylosurus leiurus
Similar species
- blackspot longtom
Strongylura strongylura
- Driller's Long-tom
Strongylura incisa
Flat needlefishAblennes hians
- Houndfish
Tylosurus crocodilus
- Keel-jawed needle fish
Tylosurus melanotus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
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