Houndfish

Tylosurus crocodilus

Bislamalongmaot— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

uncommonbluesilververy-largeopen-water

Habitat: Open water
Max size: 1.5 m
Depth: 0-13 m
Family: Belonidae

The houndfish, or more specifically the crocodile needlefish is a game fish of the family Belonidae, the needlefishes. It is the largest member of its family, growing up to 5 feet (1.5 m) in length and 10 pounds (4.5 kg) in weight.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Both are long, silvery surface fish with a beak. Houndfish has both jaws drawn out into a long beak full of sharp teeth, a dark blue-green back and a black keel on each side of the tail base, and it reaches 1.5 m. Spotted Halfbeak has only the lower jaw extended, tipped in red, below a short triangular upper jaw, carries four to six dark bars on its sides, and stays under 45 cm.

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