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title: "Belona atlantycka"
description: "Strongylura marina — Ryby. The Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) is a common demersal needlefish species common in marinas and other areas with minimal currents."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/atlantic-needlefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Belona atlantycka

> Strongylura marina — Ryby. The Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) is a common demersal needlefish species common in marinas and other areas with minimal currents.

- Scientific name: *Strongylura marina*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3374
- Wikidata: [Q6415650](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6415650)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113308](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113308)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Needlefish
- de: Atlantischer Hornhecht
- es: Agujón verde
- fr: Aiguillette verte
- nl: Atlantische geep
- pl: Belona atlantycka

## Countries with the most observations

US (1434), MX (65), BR (30), DO (10), BZ (7), HN (6), AW (3), JM (3), PR (3)

## Summary

The Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) is a common demersal needlefish species common in marinas and other areas with minimal currents. Body very elongated, rounded; extremely elongated jaws form a long beak, with numerous needle-like teeth; rear of the top jaw-bone by being exposed when the mouth is closed. It has no gill rakers, the fins without spines; low lobes at the front of the dorsal and anal fins. Its dorsal fin is composed of 14–17 rays, anal fins is composed of 16–20 rays, and pectorals 10–12. Atlantic needlefish are found from Maine to Brazil and have been known to venture into fresh water for short…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongylura_marina

## Photo

![Belona atlantycka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-needlefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/361851989

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-needlefish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).