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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><fishbase> 
<species pointdatarec='85'> 
<speccode>977</speccode> 
<genus link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.php?ID=Tylosurus'>Tylosurus</genus> 
<speciesfb link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/PiscesSummary.php?ID=977'>crocodilus</speciesfb> 
<author casrefno='13274' link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/EschmeyerSummary.php?RefNo=13274'>(Péron &amp; Lesueur, 1821)</author> 
<family link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=207'>Belonidae</family> 
<commonname>Needlefishes</commonname> 
<subfamily></subfamily> 
<order link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/ordersSummary.php?order=Beloniformes'>Beloniformes</order> 
<class>Teleostei</class> 
<fbname>Hound needlefish</fbname>
<distribution>Indo-West Pacific:  Red Sea and South Africa (Ref. 5317)  and Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964) to French Polynesia (Ref. 6784), north to Japan (Ref. 559), south to New South Wales, Australia (Ref. 33390).  Replaced by &lt;i&gt;Tylosurus crocodilus fodiator&lt;/i&gt; in the eastern Pacific.  Western Atlantic:  New Jersey, USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251).  Eastern Atlantic:  Fernando Poo, Cameroon, Liberia, and Ascension Island (Ref. 5757); from Senegal and Guinea (Ref. 28587); and Cape Verde (Ref. 27000).  Recorded from the Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 83387).</distribution> 
<picname src='https://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Tycro_u1.jpg' link='https://www.fishbase.org/photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=977' alt='Show available picture(s) for Tylosurus crocodilus'></picname> 
</species> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 620261</catID> 
<lat>9 S</lat> 
<long>139 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Strongylura gigantea</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 15016</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 2083</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 4373</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 4374</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 5274</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID></catID> 
<lat>13 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>P 95044.0035</catID> 
<lat>27 N</lat> 
<long>33 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>P 95044.0130</catID> 
<lat>27 N</lat> 
<long>33 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>80 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>5 S</lat> 
<long>53 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>9 N</lat> 
<long>85 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2743431</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Esox aaveri</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2741037</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Belone crassa</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2741034</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Belone gigantea</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>P 95044.0130</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>P 95044.0035</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>P 91094.0007</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 12687</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 12688</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 12694</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 12695</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 22673</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 4702</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 4709</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 5345</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus annulatus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 12689</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1888</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 13704</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1894</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 994</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1902</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 2388</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1910</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 2902</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1910</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 3366</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1912</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ZMH 22672</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1913</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 7248</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1916</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 59810</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1929</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 2212</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1947</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 1285</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1948</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 1557</catID> 
<lat>6 n</lat> 
<long>123 e</long> 
<year>1948</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 898</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1948</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 902</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1948</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 2192</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1949</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 2203</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1949</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 3416</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1949</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 43248</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1951</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 43235</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1952</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 2765</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1953</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 2859</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1954</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 4261</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1959</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 27096</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1961</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 4688</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1961</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 4782</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1961</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 21423</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1964</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22967</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1964</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 32517</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1964</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 23937</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1965</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 24793</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1965</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 1617</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 1638</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>2 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 3139</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>10 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 3287</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>10 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 10182</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>4 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 10321</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>3 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 10323</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 10367</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 10423</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 10443</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>3 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 24929</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 9233</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 9267</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>2 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 12924</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>2 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 36656</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1977</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 86778</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 13629</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55825</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1984</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55958</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55997</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 56472</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>SUML-FI BEL 0010</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus giganteus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 88602</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1989</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 96628</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1990</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FW O1897-T</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1994</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus  crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>SUML-FI BEL 0011</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1995</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>SPCP 0032</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1998</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 29729</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1999</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus crocodilus</nameused> 
<depth>9 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>NMI 10525</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>2003</year> 
<nameused>Tylosurus annulatus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
</fishbase>