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Belonidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Beloniformes
family
Belonidae

Name

Homonyms
Belonidae
Common names
Hornfiskfamilien in Danish
Needlefishes in English
agujones in Spanish
aiguillettes in French
gepen in Dutch
needlefishes in English
needlefishes in English
nokkakalat in Finnish
horngjelfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
horngjelfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
näbbgäddefiskar in Swedish
Hornhechte in German
Hornhechte in German
horngjelfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
horngjelfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
horngjelfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
horngjelfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
needlefishes in English
needlefishes in English
näbbgäddfiskar in Swedish
näbbgäddfiskar in Swedish
näbbgäddfiskar in Swedish
ダツ科 in Japanese
ダツ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Collette, Bruce B. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Needlefishes: Family Belonidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 287-289.
  4. Collette, Bruce B., 2003: Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832: Needlefishes. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 16. 1-22.
  5. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  9. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  12. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  16. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  17. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  18. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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