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Updated 3/21/2020

Family Belonidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL

Tylosurus crocodilus

Wakatobi, Indonesia

 

Kahe Point, Oahu


Jardines de la Reina, Cuba

Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu 3 feet

CROCODILE NEEDLEFISH    'AHA

Uncommon in coastal waters.  Robust with large eyes, jaws straight, keel on caudal peduncle.  Attains at least 4 feet.  Large needlefish have impaled swimmers and boaters.  Warm & temperate seas worldwide.  Formerly known as Strongylura gigantea.