Needlefish
Strongylura timucu
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Belonidae
- Genus
- Strongylura
Where to Find
Found in 35 diving areas across 22 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 95 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 11 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 4 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 6 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 15 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 5 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 5 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 12 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 8 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 17 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 3 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 39 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 15 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 5 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 4 records