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Agujon

Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803)

Status not recordedbony fish

The agujon (Tylosurus acus) is a species in the family Belonidae, order Beloniformes.

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Quick facts about the agujon

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the agujon live?

Not recorded

Is the agujon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the agujon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBeloniformes
  5. familyBelonidae
  6. genusTylosurus
  7. SpeciesTylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803)

Synonyms Belona carribaea, Belona carribea, Belone acus, Belone altipinna, Belone carribaea, Belone carribea, Belone jonesii, Belone latimana, Sphyraena acus, Strongylura acus, Tylosaurus acus, Tylosaurus arcus, Tylosurus acus acus, Tylosurus acus imperialis, Tylosurus caribbaeus, Tylosurus choram, Tylosurus imperialis

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Agujon needlefishEnglish
  • Atlantic agujonEnglish
  • Black-finned long-tomEnglish
  • HoundfishEnglish
  • Keel-jawed long tomEnglish
  • Keel-jawed long-tomEnglish
  • Keel-jawed needlefishEnglish
  • Keeljaw longtomEnglish
  • Keeljawed longtomEnglish
  • RaffeedaArabic
  • jehlice jehlovitáCzech
  • VasilozagetaGreek
  • agujónSpanish
  • sininokkakalaFinnish
  • Grande orphieFrench
  • חניתן דקHebrew
  • Aguglia ImperialeItalian
  • Guepi blouPapiamento
  • Peixe-agulha-pelágicoPortuguese
  • Узкорылый тилозурRussian
  • 黑背叉尾鶴鱵Chinese
  • ΒασιλοζαργάναGreek
  • Aguja ImperialSpanish
  • agujón del AtlánticoSpanish
  • Aiguille voyeuseFrench
  • OrphieFrench
  • Guepi barahansPapiamento
  • Guepi rondóPapiamento

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the agujon

Other species in the same genus Tylosurus.

Houndfish

Tylosurus crocodilus

BelonidaeNo free photo yet

Longtom

Tylosurus gavialoides

BelonidaeNo free photo yet

CompareAgujon vs HoundfishAgujon vs Red sea houndfishAgujon vs LongtomAgujon vs Pacific agujon

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the agujon?

The agujon (Tylosurus acus) belongs to the family Belonidae in the order Beloniformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Agujon (Tylosurus acus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tylosurus-acus

MLA

“Agujon (Tylosurus acus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tylosurus-acus.

BibTeX
@misc{tylosurus_acus_2026,
  title = {Agujon (Tylosurus acus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tylosurus-acus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}