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Belone belone Garfish (cropped)🐟

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SpeciesBeloniformesBelonidae
Fish

🐟Garfish

Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760)

The garfish, also known as the garpike, needlefish or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas.

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β‰ˆ 1/44th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
1.42 kg
Body length
0.45 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Garfish

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.42 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
0.45 mrecord 1.04 m Β· FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Trophic level
4.16
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.16 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
1.4 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

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Not recorded for Garfish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. β€ΊphylumChordata
  3. β€ΊorderBeloniformes
  4. β€ΊfamilyBelonidae
  5. β€ΊgenusBelone
  6. β€ΊspeciesBelone belone
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  1. superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
  2. orderBeloniformes
  3. suborderBelonoidei
  4. familyBelonidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. superorderAtherinomorphae
  11. orderBeloniformes
  12. suborderBelonoidei
  13. familyBelonidae
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orphie (fr), Belona pospolita (pl), Belone belone (es), Belone belone (it), GewΓΆhnlicher Hornhecht (de), ガーフィッシγƒ₯ (ja) … and 22 more languages
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