# Strongylura

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{{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](/source/Johan_Coenraad_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](/source/genus) of [needlefish](/source/needlefish)es from the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Belonidae](/source/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](/source/Strongylura_anastomella)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1846)</small>
* ''[Strongylura exilis](/source/Strongylura_exilis)'' <small>([Girard](/source/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard), 1854)</small> (Californian needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura fluviatilis](/source/Strongylura_fluviatilis)'' <small>([Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1903)</small>
* ''[Strongylura hubbsi](/source/Strongylura_hubbsi)'' <small>[Collette](/source/Bruce_Baden_Collette), 1974</small> (Maya needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura incisa](/source/Strongylura_incisa)'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> (reef needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura krefftii](/source/Strongylura_krefftii)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1866)</small> (long tom)
* ''[Strongylura leiura](/source/Strongylura_leiura)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1850)</small> (banded needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura marina](/source/Strongylura_marina)'' <small>([Walbaum](/source/Johann_Julius_Walbaum), 1792)</small> (Atlantic needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura notata](/source/Strongylura_notata)'' <small>(Poey, 1860)</small>
** ''S. n. forsythia'' <small>[Breder](/source/Charles_Marcus_Breder_Jr.), 1932</small>
** ''S. n. notata'' <small>([Poey](/source/Felipe_Poey_y_Aloy), 1860)</small> (redfin needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura scapularis](/source/Strongylura_scapularis)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [C. H. Gilbert](/source/Charles_Henry_Gilbert), 1882)</small> (shoulderspot needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura senegalensis](/source/Strongylura_senegalensis)'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> (Senegal needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura strongylura](/source/Strongylura_strongylura)'' <small>([van Hasselt](/source/Johan_Coenraad_van_Hasselt), 1823)</small> (spottail needlefish)
* ''[Strongylura timucu](/source/Strongylura_timucu)'' <small>(Walbaum, 1792)</small> (timucu)
* ''[Strongylura urvillii](/source/Strongylura_urvillii)'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> (Urville's longtom)

''Strongylura'' is thought to not be [monophyletic](/source/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](/source/phylogenetic_analysis) of both genetics and [morphology](/source/Morphology_(biology)) by Lovejoy (2007), with ''Strongylura'' being represented as [polyphyletic](/source/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](/source/Belonidae)
|1={{clade
 |1=''[Strongylura notata](/source/Strongylura_notata)''
 |2={{clade
  |1={{clade
   |1={{clade
    |1={{clade
     |1={{clade
      |1=''[Ablennes](/source/Ablennes)''
      |2=''[Tylosurus](/source/Tylosurus)'' }}
     |2={{clade
      |1={{clade
       |1=''[Strongylura strongylura](/source/Strongylura_strongylura)''
       |2=''[Strongylura leiura](/source/Strongylura_leiura)'' }}
      |2=''[Xenentodon](/source/Xenentodon)'' }} }}
    |2=''[Strongylura krefftii](/source/Strongylura_krefftii)'' }}
   |2=''[Strongylura incisa](/source/Strongylura_incisa)'' }}
  |2={{clade
   |1={{clade
    |1={{clade
     |1={{clade
      |1=''[Strongylura timucu](/source/Strongylura_timucu)''
      |2=''[Strongylura senegalensis](/source/Strongylura_senegalensis)'' }}
     |2={{clade
      |1={{clade
       |1={{clade
        |1={{clade
         |1=''[Strongylura marina](/source/Strongylura_marina)''
         |2=''[Strongylura exilis](/source/Strongylura_exilis)'' }}
        |2=''[Strongylura hubbsi](/source/Strongylura_hubbsi)'' }}
       |2={{clade
        |1={{clade
         |1=''[Pseudotylosurus](/source/Pseudotylosurus)''
         |2=''[Strongylura scapularis](/source/Strongylura_scapularis)'' }}
        |2=''[Strongylura fluviatilis](/source/Strongylura_fluviatilis)'' }} }}
      |2={{clade
       |1=''[Potamorrhaphis](/source/Potamorrhaphis)''
       |2=''[Belonion](/source/Belonion)'' }} }} }}
    |2=''[Platybelone](/source/Platybelone)'' }}
   |2={{clade
    |1=''[Belone](/source/Belone)''
    |2=[Scomberesocidae](/source/Scomberesocidae) }}
}} }} }} }}

==References==
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Category:Strongylura
Category:Belonidae
Category:Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt

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