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Needlefish (family Belonidae) or long toms [2] are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., Strongylura), while a few genera are confined to freshwater rivers and streams, including Belonion, Potamorrhaphis, and Xenentodon. [3]
The Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) is a common demersal needlefish species common in marinas and other areas with minimal currents.Body very elongated, rounded; extremely elongated jaws form a long beak, with numerous needle-like teeth; rear of the top jaw-bone by being exposed when the mouth is closed.
Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, [1] is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres (8 to 20 in) tall, or rarely to 1 metre (40 in) and taller, [2] and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade.
The nominate subspecies, S. n. notata, occurs in the Western Central Atlantic around Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Belize, and Honduras, and has also been reported from Bermuda.
T. a. acus (Lacepède, 1803) (Agujon needlefish) - in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Brazil and in the eastern Atlantic off Morocco and in the western Mediterranean; T. a. imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) in the Mediterranean Sea and Cape Verde Islands; T. a. rafale Collette and Parin 1970 (Atlantic agujon needlefish) Gulf of Guinea
The prime fishing season is during the Summer. [6] [4] The city of New Orleans itself was founded in 1718 and the Sound has served it for over 300 years. [5] However, fishing was banned across the Gulf Coast for a period of time after the 2010 oil spill, causing the industry to temporarily die out. Oil Spill Fishery Closure Map
Tylosurus fodiator, the Mexican needlefish, is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae which is found only in the eastern Pacific, [2] from the Gulf of California south to Ecuador including the Galapagos, Cocos and Malpelo Islands. [1] It was previously considered to be a subspecies of the houndfish but is now regarded as valid ...
Keeltail needlefish are found in the western Atlantic Ocean between North Carolina and Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean Sea. [6] In the Indian Ocean, they are known off of East Africa, with their range continuing into the Pacific, reaching the Hawaiian Islands and continuing north to the Ogasawara Islands. [7]