Tylosurus

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Tylosurus Higher classification Needlefish Order Beloniformes		Family Belonidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Houndfish, Tylosurus acus

Big fish on the beach houndfish tylosurus crocodilus

Not to be confused with Tylosaurus.

Tylosurus is a genus of needlefish, one of ten in the family Belonidae.

The six currently recognized species in this genus are:

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)

T. c. crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (hound needlefish)

T. c. 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)

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