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flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)
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Ecological Illustration of flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)
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Belonidae

flat needlefish

Ablennes hians

Tropical needle body leaping and gliding over obstacles

  • Cross-climate
  • Temperate
  • Tropical
  • Globally widespread
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

flat needlefish is known around tropical and warm temperate waters as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 140 cm.

Family
Belonidae
Body shape
elongated
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