| Garfish |
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| Feeding, in Greece |
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| 1795-1797 illustration |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Actinopterygii |
| Order: |
Beloniformes |
| Family: |
Belonidae |
| Genus: |
Belone |
| Species: |
B. belone |
| Binomial name |
Belone belone
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| The range of the garfish |
| Synonyms |
- Esox belone Linnaeus, 1761
- Belone belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Belone bellone (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Belone longirostris Schinz, 1822
- Belone acus Risso, 1827
- Belone vulgaris Fleming, 1828
- Belone rostrata Faber, 1829
- Hemiramphus europaeus Yarrell, 1837
- Belone gracilis Lowe, 1839
- Belone belone gracilis Lowe, 1839
- Hemiramphus balticus Hohnbaum-Hornschuch, 1843
- Hemiramphus behnii Hohnbaum-Hornschuch, 1843
- Belone vulgaris Valenciennes, 1846
- Belone undecimradiata Budge, 1848
- Hemiramphus obtusus Couch, 1848
- Macrognathus scolopax Gronow, 1854
- Belone euxini Günther, 1866
- Belone belone euxini Günther, 1866
- Belone cornidii Günther, 1866
- Belone linnei Malm, 1877
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The garfish (Belone belone), also known as the garpike, needlefish or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas.