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Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792)

Timucu
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Bahamas country information

Common names: Atlantic needlefish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found throughout Bahamas except, perhaps, around the smaller and more isolated cays. Occurs in bodies of water that are virtually landlocked and hence likely to be freshwater adapted (Ref. 26362). Also Ref. 7251.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/bahamas-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Aiguillette timucu, Atlantic needlefish, Tholepin, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Belonidae (Needlefishes)
Etymology: Strongylura: Greek, strongylos = round + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 3 m (Ref. 58047).   Subtropical

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