TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Needlefish injury in a surfer: a risk to those practicing water sports
JO  - Wilderness and environmental medicine
A1  - Haddad, Vidal
A1  - Alves Martins, Itamar
A1  - Gonçalves, Lauro Ferreira
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Fish belonging to the Belonidae family have a geographic distribution in tropical and subtropical regions in the Atlantic, Pacific,and Indian Oceans. Some species of belonids are found in freshwater environments, in the hydrographic basins of South and Central America, Australia, and Asia.1The marine species of Belonidae are pelagic, found in oceanic areas and in coastal regions, especially young fish, which can be found in shallow environments such as inlets and regions between tides. Thesefish have remarkable characteristics, such as a long and narrow body and extended upper and lower jaws forming a bony blade with numerous teeth projected in front of the head (Figure 1). Some specimens can reach considerable sizes, over 100 cm in length.     Most species of belonidfish (or needlefish), especially juvenilefish, form large schools swimming at or near the surface.2The formation of schools of juvenilefish at the surface of the oceans is accompanied by different behaviors, both in terms of attraction and ...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-6032
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2020.03.009
ID  - ref1
ER  -