HAGOOL - حاقول - HOUND NEEDLE FISH

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HAGOOL - حاقول - HOUND NEEDLE FISH

 

 

 Short description Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 21; Vertebrae: 42 - 46. Interpelvic process small and bifid. Swim bladder absent. Lateral line abruptly bent downward below end of second dorsal fin. Intestine with 2 folds and 3 limbs. Vertical bars on trunk sometimes break up into spots ventrally which number 40-50 in adults, and less than 20 in juveniles. Juveniles with large oval dark spots on body; middle third of first dorsal fin white, rest of fin black.
Environment / Climate / Range   Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous  depth range 0 - 13 m
 Distribution  Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and South Africa and Persian Gulf to French Polynesia, north to Japan , south to New South Wales, Australia . Replaced by Tylosurus crocodilus fodiator in the eastern Pacific. Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Fernando Poo, Cameroon, Liberia, and Ascension Island from Senegal and Guinea and Cape Verde . Recorded from the Mediterranean Sea .