Tylosurus | |
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Red Sea houndfish - T. choram | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Belonidae |
Genus: |
Tylosurus Cocco, 1833 |
Type species | |
Tylosurus cantrainei Cocco, 1833
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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]
The seven currently recognized species in this genus are: [4]
The generic name Tylosurus is a compound created from the Greek words tylos meaning a " callus" and oura meaning "tail", this refers to the keel like structures on the caudal peduncle of these fish. [5]
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