Tylosurus choram
| Tylosurus choram | |
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| A Red Sea houndfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Belonidae |
| Genus: | Tylosurus |
| Species: | T. choram
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylosurus choram (Rüppell, 1837)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tylosurus choram, the Red Sea houndfish, is a species of
Belonidae. A marine fish bluish in color with a long slender body, and a pointed long toothed beak, found in most temperate, warm seas, and sometimes rivers, it is found in abundance in the Red Sea
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It is a fast Arabic for needlefish.[6]
See also
- List of fishes of the Red Sea.
References
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Tylosurus choram" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ المعجم الكبير لمجمع اللغة العربية في مصر حرف الخاء الطبعة الأولى 2004 ص 281 The Big Dictionary of the Egyption Arabic Academy, First Edition (2004), the letter (خ) page 281, the word خُرْم
- ^ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Tylosurus choram). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Tylosurus_choram.pdf
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- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belone choram". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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