Author: Collette & Parin, 1970

Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970

Diagnosis: differs from B. belone in a group of characters that may be functionally related to feeding. Vomerine teeth absent. Jaw teeth comparatively small and closely spaced (13-21 in a distance equal to an orbit's length on middle of upper jaw). Dorsal finrays 16-19; anal finrays 20-23; pectoral finrays 11-13. Gillrakers 38-52 on first arch. Vertebrae 75-83. Morphometrically similar to B. belone but has more compressed body and narrower inter-orbital width. Size: to 41 cm BL, which equals about 57 cm SL.

Habitat: epipelagic, neritic. Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: restricted to southern North- eastern Atlantic (southern Ireland, Spain, Portugal, (?)Cape Verde Islands) and the Mediterranean.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Beloniformes
Suborder Scomberesocoidei
Family Belonidae
Genus Belone
Species Belone svetovidovi

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970

Scientific synonyms and common names

Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970

Synonyms:

previously confused with Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761)
Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970, Atlantide Rep., 11: 21-31, fig. 1. Holotype: MCZ no. 41387, paratype: MCZ no. 46200, USNM no. 202717, 202616, 203158, CNHM no. 74583, ZIN no. 4301, 22019, 33761.
Belone belone acus: Svetovidov, 1955a: 345 (partim).


Common names:

aguglia [It]
aguja [Es]
aiguille [Fr]
iglica [Hr]
imsella [Mlt]
khirm [Eg]
misella [Ar]
zargana [He]
zargana [Tu]

Collette, B. B.; Parin, N. V. 1970. Needlefishes (Belonidae) of the Lastern Atlantic Ocean. Atlantide Rep., (11): 7-60, 13 fig.

Svetovidov, A. N. 1955a. Contribution to the classification of the needlefishes (Belone belone (L.) (Pisces, Belonidae)). Trudy zool. Inst., Leningr., 18: 343-345.

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