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Belonidae (Needlefishes)
Etymology: Platybelone: Greek, platys = flat + Greek, belone = needle; any fish with sharp pointed snout; also Pierre Belon, 1517-64, French zoologist born in Le Mans. Professor at the College de France, author of " La nature et diversité des poissons", 1551 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lesueur.
Taxonomic Remarks
The 4 subspecies were upraised at species rank, as provisionally accepted names, , until more works are conducted on P. argalus susbepcies to fix their status.
محیط زیست: محیط زیست / منطقه آب و هوایی / تغييرات عمق / محدوده توزیع
بوم شناسي
دريايي وابسته به آب سنگ; تغييرات عمق 0 - ? m, usually 0 - 2 m (Ref. 40849). Subtropical; 37°N - 29°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251), including the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea.
اندازه / وزن / سن
بلوغ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 26340); common length : 35.0 cm TL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 5217)
شعاع نرم باله پشتي (کل) : 12 - 15; شعاع نرم باله مخرجي: 17 - 20. Gill rakers present; caudal peduncle with a lateral keel, the lateral line passing ventral to it.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Occurs offshore; particularly abundant around islands (Ref. 5217); schools in sheltered parts of the reef (Ref. 48635). Feeds mainly on small fishes. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface (Ref. 205).
چرخه زندگی و رفتار جفتگیری
بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | تخم ها | باروری | توزاد ( لارو)
Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
خطر برای انسان ها
Harmless
استفاده انسانی
ماهي گيري – شيلات: معاش ماهیگیری
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تخمینها بر اساس مدلها
دمای ترجیحی (مرجع
123201): 25.1 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 619 cells).
شاخص تنوع فیلوژنتیکی (مرجع
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00112 (0.00044 - 0.00287), b=3.05 (2.82 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
سطح تروفیک (مرجع
69278): 4.5 ±0.8 se; based on diet studies.
جهندگی (مرجع
120179): زياد, كمينه زمان لازم براي دو برابر شدن جمعيت ، كمتر از 15 ماه (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
آسیبپذیری ماهیگیری (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
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مواد مغذی (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 57.9 [15.1, 228.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.551 [0.229, 1.539] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.162 [0.062, 0.487] g/100g; Selenium = 8.69 [3.39, 25.46] μg/100g; VitaminA = 117 [28, 555] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.654 [0.361, 1.155] mg/100g (wet weight);