FB-9026 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beloniformes Belonidae Tylosurus Tylosurus rafale Collette & Parin, 1970 Agulheta-imperial-da-Guiné Agulha-d'areia Agujon needlefish Atlantic agujon needlefish Aiguille voyeuse Marao ojón Agudja Agulha Agulha quio Baa bendangho Gudja Zanve 拉弗圆颌针鱼 拉弗圓頜針魚 Belone caribaea (non Lesueur, 1821) Belone choram (non Rüppell, 1837) Strongylura acus (non Lacepède, 1803) Strongylura caribbaea (non Lessueur, 1821) Strongylura crocodila (non Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Tylosurus acus rafale Collette & Parin, 1970 1994-03-06 2021-06-08 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Schneider, W.0 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Tyacu_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Tyacu_u0.gif FB-pic-9026-51532 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2009-08-12 2010-08-24 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Tyacu_u3.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Tyacu_u3.gif FB-GeneralDescr-9026 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1994-03-06 00:00:00 2021-06-08 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabits offshore waters, but also found in coastal waters (Ref. 2683). Feeds on fish and shrimps (Ref. 28587). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface (Ref. 205). Collette, B.B. and N.V. Parin 1990 Belonidae. p. 592-597. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5757) FB-Distribution-9026 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1994-03-06 00:00:00 2025-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 Eastern Atlantic: restricted distribution, known from Freetown, Sierra Leone to Moçamedes, Angola. Collette, B.B. and N.V. Parin 1990 Belonidae. p. 592-597. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5757) FB-Uses-9026 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1994-03-06 00:00:00 2021-06-08 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription fisheries: commercial Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) FB-TrophicStrategy-9026 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-09-23 00:00:00 2001-03-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ rafale Feeds on shirmps, fishes, and small animals (Refs. 28587, 037413). Diouf, P.S. 1996 Les peuplements de poissons des milieux estuariens de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: L'exemple de l'estuaire hyperhalin du Sine-Saloum. Université de Montpellier II. Thèses et Documents Microfiches No.156. ORSTOM, Paris. 267 p. (Ref. 28587) FB-Size-9026 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1994-03-06 00:00:00 2021-06-08 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 140 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)) Sanches, J.G. 1991 Catálogo dos principais peixes marinhos da República de Guiné-Bissau. Publ. Avuls. Inst. Nac. Invest. Pescas 16:429 p. (Ref. 26999) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-9026 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1994-03-06 00:00:00 2021-06-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9026 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 0 - ? m