Belone

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Belone is a genus of slender, elongated marine fish commonly known as needlefish, found in coastal and pelagic waters of the Atlantic and adjacent seas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Belone canonical 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsTo suborder Belonoidei ⓘ
bodyShape elongated ⓘ
slender ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName needlefish ⓘ
distribution Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
adjacent seas of the Atlantic ⓘ
domain Eukarya ⓘ
surface form: Eukaryota
ecologicalRole mid-trophic level predator ⓘ
family Belonidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedingType piscivorous ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
firstDescriptionAuthor Bernard Germain de Lacépède NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstDescriptionYear 1803 ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ
pelagic waters ⓘ
hasMember Belone belone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belone euxini ⓘ
Belone svetovidovi NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle predatory ⓘ
locomotion active swimmer ⓘ
namedAfter Greek word "belone" meaning needle ⓘ
notableFeature elongated jaws with sharp teeth ⓘ
order Beloniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTaxon Belonidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
riskToHumans can cause superficial injuries when leaping from water ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Belone belone ⓘ
uses food fish in some regions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belonidae → containsGenus → Belone ⓘ