WoRMS taxon details
Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792)
275987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275987)
accepted
Species
Belone cigonella Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted
Belone depressa Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Belone diplotaenia Cope, 1871 · unaccepted
Belone subtruncata Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Tylosurus euryops Bean & Dresel, 1884 · unaccepted
Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275987 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Belone cigonella Valenciennes, 1846) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1846). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. v. 18: i-xix + 2 pp. + 1-505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553. [details]
original description (of Belone diplotaenia Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 481 [details]
original description (of Tylosurus euryops Bean & Dresel, 1884) Bean, T. H.; Dresel, H. G. (1884). A catalogue of fishes received from the Public Museum of the Institute of Jamaica, with descriptions of Pristipoma approximans and Tylosurus euryops, two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 7 (no. 418): 151-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.7-418.151 [details]
original description (of Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1884). Descriptions of ten new species of fishes from Key West, Florida. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 7 (402): 24-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.7-402.24 [details]
original description (of Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874 [details]
original description (of Belone diplotaenia Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 481 [details]
original description (of Tylosurus euryops Bean & Dresel, 1884) Bean, T. H.; Dresel, H. G. (1884). A catalogue of fishes received from the Public Museum of the Institute of Jamaica, with descriptions of Pristipoma approximans and Tylosurus euryops, two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 7 (no. 418): 151-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.7-418.151 [details]
original description (of Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1884). Descriptions of ten new species of fishes from Key West, Florida. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 7 (402): 24-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.7-402.24 [details]
original description (of Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belone diplotaenia Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus euryops Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Belone depressa Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone subtruncata Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Belone cigonella Valenciennes, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Strongylura timucu)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Belone cigonella Valenciennes, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone depressa Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone diplotaenia Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus euryops Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone subtruncata Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belone diplotaenia Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus euryops Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Belone depressa Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone subtruncata Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Belone cigonella Valenciennes, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Strongylura timucu)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Belone cigonella Valenciennes, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone depressa Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone diplotaenia Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus euryops Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone subtruncata Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Esox belone timucu Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
