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Strongylura  van Hasselt, 1824
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165550

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Stenocaulus Ogilby, 1908
  
  Common Name(s): common needlefishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderBeloniformes  – aiguilles de mer, orphies, needlefishes  
                               SuborderBelonoidei   
                                  SuperfamilyScomberesocoidea   
                                     FamilyBelonidae  – needlefishes, agujones, aiguillettes  
                                        GenusStrongylura van Hasselt, 1824 – common needlefishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Strongylura anastomella (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846) – Pacific needlefish 
                                           Species Strongylura exilis (Girard, 1854) – agujón californiano, California needlefish, sierrita 
                                           Species Strongylura fluviatilis (Regan, 1903)  
                                           Species Strongylura hubbsi Collette, 1974 – agujón maya, Maya needlefish 
                                           Species Strongylura incisa (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846)  
                                           Species Strongylura krefftii (Günther, 1866) – freshwater longtom, long tom 
                                           Species Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) – squaretail alligator gar 
                                           Species Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792) – Atlantic needlefish, agujón verde, silver gar 
                                           Species Strongylura notata (Poey, 1860) – agujón negro, redfin needlefish, agujón de aletas rojas 
                                           Species Strongylura scapularis (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882)  
                                           Species Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846)  
                                           Species Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823) – blackspot longtom 
                                           Species Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792) – timucu, agujón timucú, longjaw, timucú 
                                           Species Strongylura urvillii (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Strongylura    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Strongylura   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Strongylura   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
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  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Strongylura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832: Needlefishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 16   
  Page(s): 1-22   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-150X   
  Notes: Submitted as a CD-ROM that meets the requirements of Article 8.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999)   
  Reference for: Strongylura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Strongylura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Strongylura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Strongylura   
       

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