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GAR FISHES [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Belone belone
Latin
OBS

Belone belone(gar) is a species of bony fishes in the family [Belonidae].

OBS

garfish: common name also used to refer to various other species of fish.

Key term(s)
  • gar fish
  • gar pike
  • horn fish
  • green bone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Belone belone
Latin
OBS

orphie : appellation commerciale française normalisée par le Bureau de normalisation du Québec.

OBS

aiguille de mer : nom vernaculaire employé également pour désigner d'autres espèces de poissons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Belone belone
Latin
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Record 2 2016-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Hemiramphidae
Latin
DEF

Any of a family(Hemiramphidae) of small elongate fishes resembling the gar, closely allied to the flying fishes and like these often moving some distance through the air above the water, having on the lower jaw an extension like a beak, and inhabiting chiefly warm seas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Hemiramphidae
Latin
DEF

Poisson téléostéen voisin de l'orphie, mais dont la seule mâchoire inférieure est allongée. Les demi-becs comportent une centaine d'espèces [...] capables de sauter hors de l'eau et d'effectuer des vols planés. Famille des hémirhamphidés.

Spanish

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