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Belone vulgaris
Garfish Gar"fish`, n. [See Gar, n.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribb[ae]us, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.
Tylosurus or Belone longirostris
Billfish Bill"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus, or Belone, longirostris) and allied species. (b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

Meaning of Belone from wikipedia

- The garfish (Belone belone), also known as the garpike or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the...
- recognised species are in this genus: Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761) (garfish) Belone euxini Günther, 1866 Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970 (short-beaked...
- In fact, the name "garfish" was originally used for the needlefish Belone belone in Europe and only later applied to the North American fishes by European...
- pacificus Walford, 1936 Belone hians Valenciennes, 1846 Belone maculata Poey, 1860 Belone melanostigma Valenciennes, 1846 Belone schismatorhynchus Bl****er...
- of needlefish (Belone belone) found in the North Atlantic and likely took its name from the Old English word for "spear". Belone belone is now more commonly...
- authorities treat this taxon as a subspecies of Belone belone. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Belone euxini" in FishBase. April 2019 version....
- family as the marine needlefish known in Europe as gar or garpike, Belone belone, these fish are much more distantly related to other fishes sometimes...
- The Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone) is a species of marlin native to the Mediterranean Sea where it is particularly common around Italy, although...
- Taonius belone is a gl**** squid belonging to the genus Taonius from the family Cranchiidae. It occurs in the northern subtropical and in the tropical or...
- Myxodagnus belone, the dartfish, is a species of sand stargazer native to the waters around the Bahamas and Puerto Rico where they can be found on sandy...