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Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Beloniformes
family
Belonidae
genus
Xenentodon
species
Xenentodon cancila

Name

Synonyms
Belone cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
Belone graii Sykes, 1839
Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822
Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868
Esox indica McClelland, 1842
Malstemcembalus cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
Xenenthodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
Homonyms
Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
Common names
Asian needlefish in English
Asian needlefish in English
Asian needlefish in English
Falsa-bicuda-asiática in Portuguese
Freshwater Needlefish in English
Kolaan in Malayalam
Konti in Kannada
Sydasiatisk halvgedde in Danish
Süßwasser-Hornhecht in German
freshwater garfish in English
freshwater garfish in English
jehlice sladkovodní in Czech
silver needlefish in English
silver needlefish in English
Бирманский пресноводный сарган in Russian
കോലാന് in Malayalam
ត្រីផ្ទោង in Central Khmer

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. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesList.aspx?group=&state=HI&Sortby=1
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