WoRMS taxon details
Tylosurus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850)
213650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213650)
accepted
Species
Belone appendiculatus Klunzinger, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Strongylura appendiculata (Klunzinger, 1871) · unaccepted
Strongylura auloceps Fowler & Bean, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Strongylura melanota (Bleeker, 1850) · unaccepted
Strongylura melanotus (Bleeker, 1850) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Thalassosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871) · unaccepted
Thallasosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tylosaurus arcus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850) · unaccepted
Tylosurus melanota (Bleeker, 1850) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850) Bleeker, P. (1850). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Belone en Hemiramphus van Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 2): 93-95. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Tylosurus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213650 on 2026-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Belone appendiculatus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850) Bleeker, P. (1850). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Belone en Hemiramphus van Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 2): 93-95. [details]
original description (of Strongylura auloceps Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.63-2488.1 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
original description (of Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850) Bleeker, P. (1850). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Belone en Hemiramphus van Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 2): 93-95. [details]
original description (of Strongylura auloceps Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.63-2488.1 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Not in FishBase [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Keel-jawed needle fish [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | テンジクダツ | [details] |
| Russian | Сарган [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylura auloceps Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylura melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thalassosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Belone appendiculatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tylosurus acus melanotus) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Belone appendiculatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus melanota (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura appendiculata (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura auloceps Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura melanota (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Thallasosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tylosurus acus melanotus USNM 423573 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylura auloceps Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylura melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thalassosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Belone appendiculatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tylosurus acus melanotus) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Belone appendiculatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus melanota (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura appendiculata (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura auloceps Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura melanota (Bleeker, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Thallasosteus appendiculatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Belone melanotus Bleeker, 1850)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tylosurus acus melanotus USNM 423573 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
