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Belone bellone
Hornhecht
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Specimen photographed in Fiskebäckskil (Lysekil,
Sweden) on July 07, 2008. Specimen caught by
Ralf Janssen, photographed with permission.
Specimens photographed in Fiskebäckskil
(Lysekil, Sweden) on July 07, 2008. Specimens
caught by Ralf Janssen, photographed with
permission.
Subspecies
Some authors recognize three subspecies of this
species. However, I agree with Mees (1962) that
the differences between these taxa are not
geographical or otherwise genetic, but are
differences of age and developmental stage.
Thus, I do not recognize any subspecies here and
list them in the synonymy below.
Original
description
Synonyms
Esox bellone Linnaeus, 1758
Belone bellone (Linnaeus, 1758)
Belone bellone bellone (Linnaeus, 1758)
Esox belone Linnaeus, 1761
Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761)
Belone belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761)
Belona belone (Linnaeus, 1761) (misspelling of
genus name)
Hemiramphus belone (Linnaeus,
1761)
Hemiramphus belone belone
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Sphyraena
acus La Cepède 1802-1803 (unclear synonym)
Belone acus Risso, 1826 (unavailable name?)
Belone belone acus (Risso, 1826)
Belone vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Belone rostrata Faber, 1829
Hemiramphus europaeus Yarrell, 1837
Belone gracilis Lowe, 1839
Belone belone gracilis (Lowe, 1839)
Hemiramphus balticus Horschuch, 1843
Hemiramphus behnii Van der Hoeven (in Hornschuch
et Van der Hoeven), 1843
Belone undecimradiata Budge, 1848
Hemiramphus obtusus Couch, 1848
Belone linnei Malm, 1866 (unavailable name?)
Belone euxini Günther, 1866
Belone belone euxini (Günther, 1866)
Belone cornidii Günther, 1866
Most authors use the epithet "belone" accredited
to Linnaeus, 1761. However, the original
description of this species is found in
Linnaeus, 1758 and is sufficient to identify
this species. I do not see any reason why this
1758 description should not be accepted as
valid. However, the epithet in the 1758
description is spelled "Bellone". Irrespective
of this being an error or not, I follow here the
first reviser (Mees 1962) who accepts the 1758
spelling as the valid spelling.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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