Belonidae

garfish

Belone belone

A migratory needlefish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• Elongated
• Large
• Temperate fish

The garfish (Belone belone), 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.