Tylosurus
Genus of fishes
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Tylosurus is a genus of needlefish, one of ten in the family Belonidae. They are found worldwide in tropical and warmer temperate seas[2] and two species have been recorded as Lessepsian migrants in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.[3]
| Tylosurus | |
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| Red Sea houndfish - T. choram | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Belonidae |
| Genus: | Tylosurus Cocco, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Tylosurus cantrainei Cocco, 1833[1] | |
Species
The seven currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
- Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803)
- T. a. acus (Lacépède, 1803) (Agujon needlefish)
- T. a. imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810)
- T. a. melanotus (Bleeker, 1850) (keel-jawed needlefish)
- T. a. rafale Collette & Parin, 1970 (Atlantic agujon needlefish)
- Tylosurus choram (Rüppell, 1837) (Red Sea houndfish)
- Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (Houndfish)
- Tylosurus fodiator D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Mexican needlefish)
- Tylosurus gavialoides (Castelnau, 1873) (Stout long tom)
- Tylosurus pacificus (Steindachner, 1876) (Pacific agujon needlefish)
- Tylosurus punctulatus (Günther, 1872) (Spotted long tom)
