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Strongylura strongylura (vanHasselt, 1823)

Spottail needlefish
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India country information

Common names: Ayakorakoli, Coomeen, Coplah
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the coast of Kerala and Chilka Lake in Orissa (Ref. 45255). Found in Godavari estuary (Ref. 51036). Also Ref. 3130, 29108.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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).

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

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 5 - 25 m (Ref. 122660).   Tropical; 30°N - 27°S

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