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Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus

　 Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821)
Family: Belonidae (Needlefishes) Show available <i>Tylosurus crocodilus fodiator</i> in the eastern Pacific. Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: Fernando Poo, Cameroon, Liberia, and Ascension Island (Ref. 5757); also from Senegal and Guinea (Ref. 28587) and from Cape Verde (Ref. 27000). </TD></TR> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor=""><b> Morphology: </b></td> <td colspan="4" valign="TOP"> Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 25; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 – 22; Vertebrae: 80 – 86. Back dark bluish, sides silvery, white ventrally (Ref. 5317). A distinct black lateral keel on caudal peduncle; caudal fin deeply forked. Juveniles (to 20 cm BL) have an elevated black lobe in the posterior part of the dorsal fin. Jaw teeth point anteriorly in juveniles (to 40 cm BL) but are straight at all sizes in other species of <i>Tylosurus</i> (Ref. 9682). Has a relatively stout, cylindrical body and a shorter head as compared to other needle fishes. </td> </tr> <TR> <TD bgcolor="" valign="top"><B> Biology: </B></TD> <TD valign="top" colspan="4"> A pelagic species (Ref. 26340) found over lagoon and seaward reefs. Solitary or in small groups. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 11889). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous: traumatogenic , Halstead, B.W., P.S. Auerbach and D.R. Campbell. 1990
Coordinator: Collette, Bruce B.
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