keel-jawed needlefish

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Etymology

By surface analysis, keel +‎ jawed +‎ needlefish, from a small bony appendage to the lower jaw in some specimens of some species of genus Tylosurus.

Noun

keel-jawed needlefish (plural keel-jawed needlefishes)

  1. A large, yet long and thin needlefish of the species of genus Tylosurus, common gamefishes in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.

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