WoRMS taxon details

Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803)

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126378  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126378)

accepted
Species
Belona carribaea Lesueur, 1821 · unaccepted (synonym)
Belona carribea Lesueur, 1821 · unaccepted > misspelling
Belone altipinna Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Belone carribaea Lesueur, 1821 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Belone jonesii Goode, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tylosaurus acus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tylosaurus arcus · unaccepted > misspelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sphyraena acus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 325, 327, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [details]   
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Brazil  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126378 on 2023-03-24
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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2013-01-08 14:50:09Z
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2013-05-30 06:55:16Z
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2020-04-23 08:42:40Z
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original description  (of Sphyraena acus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 325, 327, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Brazil [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
LanguageName 
English houndfish [from synonym]Atlantic agujonagujon needlefishagujon [from synonym]  [details]
Hebrew חניתן דק  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Βασιλοζαργάνα  [details]
Spanish agujón del Atlántico  [details]
To FishBase images (<i>Tylosurus acus acus</i>, Australia, by Randall, J.E.)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Tylosurus acus RAD118686-001)
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