972 Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) Belonidae Needlefishes Beloniformes Teleostei Flat needlefish Worldwide distribution in tropical and warm temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde and Dakar to Moçamedes, Angola (Ref. 5757); ranging further south to Namibia (Ref. 12484). Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Throughout the Indian Ocean. Western Pacific: off coasts and islands from southern Japan through the East Indies to Australia (Ref. 9682). Reported from Tuvalu (Ref. 12690). Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru. Entire Caribbean, Antilles and South American coast to Rio de Janeiro (Ref. 26938). UBC 600121 8 N 79 W Ablennes hians AMNH 13240 Ablennes hians AMNH 1765 Ablennes hians AMNH 43285 Ablennes hians AMNH 4761 Ablennes hians P 93086.0015 27 N 33 E Ablennes hians FB 2741973 Belone maculata FB 2741030 Belone schismatorhynchus FB 2741029 Belone melanostigma FW O2214-T Ablennes hians P 93086.0015 Ablennes hians P 91097.1462 Ablennes hians P 91094.0025 Ablennes hians P 90039.0061 16 N 16 W Ablennes hians P 90039.0043 16 N 16 W Ablennes hians AMNH 2390 1910 Ablennes hians AMNH 2391 1910 Ablennes hians AMNH 2392 1910 Ablennes hians AMNH 26759 1922 Ablennes hians AMNH 13483 1925 Ablennes hians AMNH 73568 1953 Ablennes hians AMNH 226184 1958 Ablennes hians GCRL 1304 1959 Ablennes hians ISH 1018-1964 1964 Ablennes hians 30 m GCRL 2428 1967 Ablennes hians GCRL 24927 1972 Ablennes hians AMNH 76658 1975 Ablennes hians AMNH 84066 1975 Ablennes hians AMNH 77307 1982 Ablennes hians Cruise No. 82/1 8 N 14 W 1982 Ablennes hians 94 - 98 m AMNH 88601 1989 Ablennes hians Cruise No. 89/2 8 N 13 W 1989 Ablennes hians 34 - 38 m GCRL 26448 1991 Ablennes hians 65 m AMNH 94591 1992 Ablennes hians 95/04 12 N 43 E 1995 Ablennes hians 137 - 24 m 95/07 12 N 43 E 1995 Ablennes hians 27 - 27 m AMNH 211089 1997 Ablennes hians