Maya needlefish
Strongylura hubbsi Collette, 1974
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Strongylura hubbsi Collette, 1974
- Name authority
- Collette, 1974
- Common name
- Maya needlefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Belonidae
- Genus
- Strongylura
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBeloniformes
- familyBelonidae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusStrongylura van Hasselt, 1824
- speciesStrongylura hubbsi Collette, 1974
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Strongylura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic needlefishStrongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redfin needlefishStrongylura notata (Poey, 1860) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura anastomella (Valenciennes, 1846) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura forsythia Breder, 1932 | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura incisa (Valenciennes, 1846) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura krefftii (Günther, 1866) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura leiurus (Bleeker, 1850) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1846) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| timucuStrongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Strongylura urvillii (Valenciennes, 1846) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Collette, B. B. (1974). Strongylura hubbsi, a new species of freshwater needlefish from the Usumacinta Province of Guatemala and México. Copeia 1974, 3. https://doi.org/10.2307/1442673 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:535B2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.