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Belonidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Beloniformes
family
Belonidae

Name

Homonyms
Belonidae
Common names
Aguglie in Italian
Batalay in language.
Belonowate in Polish
Gepen in Dutch
Hornfisk in Danish
Hornfiskfamilien in Danish
Hornfiskfamilien in Danish
Hornhechte in German
Họ Cá nhói in Vietnamese
Iglice in Croatian
Langhanse in Afrikaans
Naaldvisse in Afrikaans
Needlefish in English
Needlefishes in English
Nokkakalat (heimo) in Finnish
Orphies in French
Peces aguja in Spanish
Peixes-agulha-verdadeiros e falsas-bicudas in Portuguese
Tuulehauglased in Estonian
Vėjažuvinės in Lithuanian
Zarganagiller in Turkish
agujones in Spanish
agujones in Spanish
aiguillettes in French
aiguillettes in French
gepen in Dutch
horngjelfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
jehlicovití in Czech
needlefishes in English
needlefishes in English
needlefishes in English
nokkakalat in Finnish
nokkakalat in Finnish
näbbgäddefiskar in Swedish
näbbgäddfiskar in Swedish
Зарганови in Bulgarian
Саргановые in Russian
Сарганові in Ukrainian
דגי מחט in Hebrew
ปลากระทุงเหว in Thai
วงศ์ปลากระทุงเหว in Thai
ზღვისქარიყლაპიასებრნი in Georgian
ダツ科 in Japanese
鶴鱵科 in Chinese
horngjelfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
horngjelfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
näbbgäddefiskar in Swedish
ダツ科 in Japanese
Hornhechte in German
Hornhechte in German

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. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Collette, Bruce B. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Needlefishes: Family Belonidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 287-289.
  4. Collette, Bruce B., 2003: Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832: Needlefishes. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 16. 1-22.
  5. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  9. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  12. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  16. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  17. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  18. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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