needlefish

English

an Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina)

Etymology

From needle +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniː.dəl.fɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

needlefish (plural needlefish or needlefishes)

1. Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats.

Coordinate terms

• (beloniform fishes): ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae), flyingfishes (Exocoetidae), halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae), suaries (Scomberesocidae), viviparous halfbeaks (Zenarchopteridae)

Derived terms

• Agujon needlefish (Tylosurus acus)
• Amazonian needlefish (Pseudotylosurus angusticeps)
• Annobon needlefish (Platybelone annobonensis)
• Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina)
• Baja California needlefish (Platybelone pteruna)
• Bennet's needlefish (Platybelone platyura)
• black-backed needlefish (Tylosurus melanotus)
• California needlefish (Strongylura exilis)
• Cape needlefish (Petalichthys capensis)
• Cape Verde needlefish (Platybelone lovii)
• Colombian River needlefish (Potamorrhaphis petersi)
• Datsu needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)
• Eastern Atlantic needlefish (Tylosurus rafale)
• Eigenmann's needlefish (Potamorrhaphis eigenmanni)
• flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)
• freshwater needlefish (Strongylura fluviatilis)
• Guianan needlefish (Potamorrhaphis guianensis)
• imperial needlefish (Tylosurus imperialis)
• Indochinese needlefish (Xenentodon canciloides)
• Japanese needlefish (Hyporhamphus sajori)
• Jurua needlefish (Potamorrhaphis kabiata)
• keel-jawed needlefish (Tylosurus spp.)
• keel-tailed needlefish (Platybelone argalus)
• Maya needlefish (Strongylura hubbsi)
• Mexican needlefish (Tylosurus fodiator)
• mirror needlefish (Platybelone platura)
• Orinoco needlefish (Pseudotylosurus microps)
• Pacific needlefish (Tylosurus pacificus)
• redfin needlefish (Strongylura notata)
• Red Sea needlefish (Tylosurus choram)
• reef needlefish (Strongylura incisa)
• riverine needlefish (Belonion apodion)
• St. Helena needlefish (Platybelone trachura)
• Senegal needlefish (Strongylura senegalensis)
• shoulderspot needlefish (Strongylura scapularis)
• stream needlefish (Belonion dibranchodon)
• Timucu needlefish (Strongylura timucu)
• Urville's needlefish (Strongylura urvillii)

Translations

slender fish

• Abkhaz: агәы́рԥсыӡ (agʷə́rpsədz)
• Asturian: chínfanu (ast), aguya (ast)
• Bulgarian: морска игла f (morska igla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鶴鱵 / 鹤𮬤, 鹤鱵 (hèzhēn), 楊枝魚 / 杨枝鱼 (zh) (yángzhīyú)

• Finnish: nokkakala (fi)
• French: aiguillette (fr) f
• Galician: alcrique (gl) m
• Georgian: ზღვისქარიყლაპიასებრნი (zɣviskariq̇laṗiasebrni)
• German: Hornhecht m
• Greek: ζαργάνα (el) f (zargána), βελονίδα (el) f (velonída)
• Irish: snáthaid mhara f
• Japanese: 駄津 (ダツ, datsu)
• Malayalam: മുരൽ (mural)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: horngjel m

• Polish: belona (pl) f
• Portuguese: agulhão m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: игла́-ры́ба (ru) f (iglá-rýba), морска́я игла́ f (morskája iglá), сарга́н (ru) m (sargán) (garfish, billfish)
• Spanish: agujón (es) m
• Tagalog: suswi, lungi
• Turkish: zargana (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: زارغنه (zargana)

• Ukrainian: сарга́н m (sarhán), го́лка-ри́ба f (hólka-rýba)
• Welsh: môr-nodwydd f

See also

• garfish

References

• “needlefish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• needlefish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Belonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Belonidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons