needlefish

Any of various marine fishes of the family Belonidae, having slender bodies and long thin jaws with sharp teeth.

Any of various other slender fishes, such as a pipefish or a sand lance.

A fish of the family Tylosuridæ, widely distributed.

One of several different garfishes or bill-fishes; any belonid: so called from the sharp, slender snout. See Belonidæ and gar.

A pipe-fish, Syngnathus acus, or other species of the genus or family Syngnathidæ. See Syngnathus.

The agonoid fish Aspidophoroides monopterygius.

Same as needle-shell.

The European great pipefish (Siphostoma acus or Syngnathus acus); — called also earl, and tanglefish.

The garfish.

Slender fish, in the family Belonidae, usually found in shallow marine habitats.