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Platybelone argalus (keeltail needlefish)

Synonyms: Platybelone aegulus

Wikipedia Abstract

The keeltail needlefish, sometimes called the keeled needlefish, is a tropical fish of the family Belonidae. It was described by the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1821.
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Infraspecies

Platybelone argalus annobonensis (Keeltail needlefish)
Platybelone argalus argalus (Keeltail needlefish)
Platybelone argalus platura
Platybelone argalus platyura (Stickfish) (Attributes)
Platybelone argalus pterura (Keeltail needlefish)
Platybelone argalus trachura (Pipefish)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayos Cochinos Archipelago National Park Natural Marine Monument   Honduras  
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park II 17686 Louisiana, United States
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Prey / Diet

Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]
Rhizoprionodon porosus (Snook shark)[1]
Scomberomorus regalis (painted mackerel)[1]
Sphyraena barracuda (Striped seapike)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Microcotyle bassensis[1]
Schikhobalotrema acutum[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0