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Platybelone argalus argalus (Lesueur, 1821) 
AphiaID: 293709

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Belonidae (Family) > Platybelone (Genus) > Platybelone argalus (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Platybelone argalus (Lesueur, 1821) accepted as Platybelone argalus argalus (Lesueur, 1821)
Synonymised
taxa
  Belona argalus Lesueur, 1821
Belone ardeola Valenciennes, 1846
Platybelone argala (Lesueur, 1821) (misspelling)
Platybelone argalus (Lesueur, 1821)
Strongylura ardeola (Valenciennes, 1846)
Strongylura longleyi Breder, 1932
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English keeltail needlefish (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Comores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To FishBase
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293709
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-02-19 06:51:33Z  created  Decock, Wim
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Platybelone argalus argalus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293709 on 2013-05-22
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