{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Fish4485 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg | image_caption = Atlantic Needlefish ''(S. marina)'' | taxon = Strongylura | authority = van Hasselt, 1824 | type_species = ''Strongylura caudimaculata'' | type_species_authority = van Hasselt, 1824<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=49|title=''Strongylura''|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref> }}
'''''Strongylura''''' is a genus of needlefishes from the family Belonidae which is distributed throughout the tropical and warmer temperate waters of the world, including some species which live in freshwater.
==Species== Currently, there are 14 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Strongylura| month = April | year = 2019}}</ref> * ''Strongylura anastomella'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> * ''Strongylura exilis'' <small>(Girard, 1854)</small> (Californian needlefish) * ''Strongylura fluviatilis'' <small>(Regan, 1903)</small> * ''Strongylura hubbsi'' <small>Collette, 1974</small> (Maya needlefish) * ''Strongylura incisa'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> (reef needlefish) * ''Strongylura krefftii'' <small>(Günther, 1866)</small> (long tom) * ''Strongylura leiura'' <small>(Bleeker, 1850)</small> (banded needlefish) * ''Strongylura marina'' <small>(Walbaum, 1792)</small> (Atlantic needlefish) * ''Strongylura notata'' <small>(Poey, 1860)</small> ** ''S. n. forsythia'' <small>Breder, 1932</small> ** ''S. n. notata'' <small>(Poey, 1860)</small> (redfin needlefish) * ''Strongylura scapularis'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)</small> (shoulderspot needlefish) * ''Strongylura senegalensis'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> (Senegal needlefish) * ''Strongylura strongylura'' <small>(van Hasselt, 1823)</small> (spottail needlefish) * ''Strongylura timucu'' <small>(Walbaum, 1792)</small> (timucu) * ''Strongylura urvillii'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> (Urville's longtom)
''Strongylura'' is thought to not be monophyletic;<ref name = Collette>{{cite journal | author = Bruce B. Collette | date = September 2003 | title = Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832 | work = Annotated Checklist of Fishes | publisher = California Academy of Sciences | volume = 16 | issn = 1545-150X | url = https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/docs/belonidae.pdf}}</ref> the following cladogram is based on a phylogenetic analysis of both genetics and morphology by Lovejoy (2007), with ''Strongylura'' being represented as polyphyletic with respects to other belonids:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lovejoy |first1=Nathan R. |title=REINTERPRETING RECAPITULATION: SYSTEMATICS OF NEEDLEFISHES AND THEIR ALLIES (TELEOSTEI: BELONIFORMES) |journal=Society for the Study of Evolution |date=9 May 2007 |doi=10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00567.x |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00567.x |access-date=5 February 2026}}</ref> {{clade |label1=Belonidae |1={{clade |1=''Strongylura notata'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Ablennes'' |2=''Tylosurus'' }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Strongylura strongylura'' |2=''Strongylura leiura'' }} |2=''Xenentodon'' }} }} |2=''Strongylura krefftii'' }} |2=''Strongylura incisa'' }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Strongylura timucu'' |2=''Strongylura senegalensis'' }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Strongylura marina'' |2=''Strongylura exilis'' }} |2=''Strongylura hubbsi'' }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Pseudotylosurus'' |2=''Strongylura scapularis'' }} |2=''Strongylura fluviatilis'' }} }} |2={{clade |1=''Potamorrhaphis'' |2=''Belonion'' }} }} }} |2=''Platybelone'' }} |2={{clade |1=''Belone'' |2=Scomberesocidae }} }} }} }} }}
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Category:Strongylura Category:Belonidae Category:Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt
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