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Flat needlefish

Flat needlefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Belonidae
Genus: Ablennes
D. S. Jordan & Fordice, 1887[2]
Species:
A. hians
Binomial name
Ablennes hians
Synonyms
  • Ablennes pacificus Walford, 1936
  • Belone hians Valenciennes, 1846
  • Belone maculata Poey, 1860
  • Belone melanostigma Valenciennes, 1846
  • Belone schismatorhynchus Bleeker, 1850
  • Mastaccembelus melanostigma Valenciennes, 1846
  • Mastacembelus fasciatus Bleeker, 1873
  • Tylosurus caeruleofasciatus Stead, 1908
  • Tylosurus hians Valenciennes, 1846

The flat needlefish (Ablennes hians), or barred longtom,[3] the only known member of the genus Ablennes, is a marine fish of the family Belonidae. Flat needlefish are considered gamefish, frequently caught with the help of artificial lights,[4] but are not often eaten because of their green-colored flesh.[5]

The generic name Ablennes – formerly misspelled Athlennes – means ‘without mucosity’,[6] from the ancient Greek privative a- prefix and blennos (‘mucus’). Its specific name hians is Latin for "gaping".

  1. ^ Collette, B.; Polanco Fernandez, A.; Aiken, K.A. (2015). "Ablennes hians". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13486514A15603320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13486514A15603320.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Genus Ablennes Jordan & Fordice 1887". FishWisePro. 1887. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Kinch, J., 1999. Economics and environment in island Melanesia: a general overview of resource use and livelihoods on Brooker Island in the Calvados chain of the Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. A report prepared for Conservation International, Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
  4. ^ Collette, B.B. 1995 "Belonidae. Agujones, maraos". p. 919-926. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome.
  5. ^ Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez 1992 Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD.
  6. ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1939). Opinions and declarations. London. The original publication, Jordan & Fordice, 1886, p. 359, gives the derivation of the generic name in question with English equivalent. In this derivation there is an evident lapsus calami, a θ being inadvertently written instead of a β. In transliterating the Greek into Latin this lapsus was not noticed, and the Latin name was written Athlennes instead of Ablennes. [...] 'without mucosity' [...]{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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