FB-58264 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58264 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Stomiiformes Stomiidae Bathophilus Bathophilus altipinnis Beebe, 1933 Keeltail needlefish Belone platura Rüppell, 1837 Platybelone argalus platura (Rüppell, 1837) 2001-08-13 2021-09-14 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Randall, J.E.0 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. (Ref. 40919) Randall, J.E.0 Report on fish collections from the Pitcairn Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. (461):1-36. (Ref. 41650) Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz0 Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. 324 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 68964) Golani, D. and R. Fricke0 Checklist of the Red Sea fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants. Zootaxa 4509(1):1-215. (Ref. 120578) FB-GeneralDescr-58272 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-15 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58272 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Pelagic (Ref. 68964). An inshore species usually observed in small aggregations. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface (Ref. 205). Feeds mainly on small fishes (Ref. 68964). Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) FB-Distribution-58272 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-15 00:00:00 2021-03-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58272 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to the Persian Gulf. Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) FB-Uses-58272 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-15 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58272 fisheries: subsistence fisheries FB-Size-58272 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-15 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58272 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 45.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 11441)) Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-58272 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-15 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58272 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 0 - ? m