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Description
- 📏 up to 1.3 m
- 🌊 lagoons, surface
The hound needlefish is a large, slender fish with a very pointed beak that hunts at the surface. At night, attracted by light, it can leap out of the water and injure people.
Did you know?
Night fishermen know it well: it leaps towards lamps.
Source: Fishermen's knowledge
The Tahitian name of this species is not yet confirmed in our sources.
Tahitian names: sources being verified. French name: Orphie crocodile.
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