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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) 
AphiaID: 217876

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopteri (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBeloniformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelonidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura leiura (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura van Hasselt, 1824
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelone leiurus Bleeker, 1850
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelone ciconia Richardson, 1846
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelone ferox Günther, 1866
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelone leira Bleeker, 1850 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelone leiurus Bleeker, 1850
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelone natalensis Günther, 1866
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBelone tenuirostris Blyth, 1858
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorRhaphiobelone dammermani Fowler, 1934
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura leiura leiura (Bleeker, 1850)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura leiyra (Bleeker, 1850) (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylurus leiura (Bleeker, 1850) (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTylosurus leiurus (Bleeker, 1850)
Sources  basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2016). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbanded needlefish  [details]
Direct child
taxa (1)
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Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura leiura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBomolochus unicirrus Richiardi, 1880 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligodes laciniatus (Krøyer, 1863) [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLernanthropus cornutus Kirtisinghe, 1937 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLernanthropus tylosuri Richiardi, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNothobomolochus digitatus Cressey in Cressey & Collette, 1970 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNothobomolochus gibber (Shiino, 1957) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorParabomolochus bellones (Burmeister, 1833) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Found in coastal waters including estuaries (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on small fishes (Ref. 3130). Caught with driftnets, shore seines and purse seines. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9682). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217876
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2015). Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2015) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217876 on 2016-09-29
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