Animalia > Chordata > Beloniformes > Belonidae > Strongylura > Strongylura timucu

Strongylura timucu (Timucu; Timicu; Tholepin; Peixe agulha; Needlefish; Atlantic needlefish)

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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve   Honduras      

Prey / Diet

Anchoa parva (Little anchovy)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Oligogonotylus manteri[2]
Schikhobalotrema acutum[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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