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Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850)

Banded needlefish
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Iraq country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Ziyadi, M.S.F., L.A. Jawad and M.A. Al-Mukhtar, 2018
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Shatt Al-Arab estuary (Ref. 105088) and off the Fao coast, Basrah, Persian Gulf. Individuals were infested with Philometra strongylurae in the subcutaneous tissue, muscles of beak and gills (Ref. 104291).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.bim.ie/index.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Moravec, F. and H.A. Ali, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hornpike long-tom, Needlefish, Banded needle fish, ... 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: Bleeker.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 30°N - 40°S, 30°E - 180°E

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