Comments on: Name that Fish: Super Long, Toothy and Pointy Edition

By: Josh McNiel

Josh McNiel — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:22:44 +0000

NEEDLEFISH!!!

By: 7

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:51:49 +0000

Thanks Wiki.

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:59:50 +0000

Is there any fish that have an orange pointy nose

By: david thornton

david thornton — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:21:23 +0000

Needlefish (family Belonidae) are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., Strongylura) while a few genera are confined to freshwater rivers and streams, including Belonion, Potamorrhaphis, and Xenentodon. [1] Needlefish closely resemble North American freshwater gars (family Lepisosteidae) in being elongate and having long, narrow jaws filled with sharp teeth, and some species of needlefish are referred to as gars or garfish despite being only distantly related to the true gars. In fact the name “garfish” was originally used for the needlefish Belone belone in Europe and only later applied to the North American fishes by European settlers during the 18th century.[2

By: Trinity River Steelhead Slayer

Trinity River Steelhead Slayer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:10:35 +0000

Needlefish!! Just don’t grab it by the nose. If you do you’ll be sorry. Got a couple while Bone fishing in Hawaii.

By: JD

JD — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:49:09 +0000

Yep, Needlefish…Geez, I guess that one was way too easy for you guys! Next time, I’m gonna have to make it tougher! This fish, by the way, ate (of all things) a 2-inch section of a Berkley GULP Sandworm on a No. 6 baitholder hook intended for smaller reef critters. Made a pretty screaming run on the trout rod and 6lb. test!

The hook wedged itself in the jaw in just such a way that that line never dragged across teeth. He about burned all the line off the reel before I decided to make one last, heroic stand. I grabbed the spool and waited for the snap…luckily, these needles may be long but they have no shoulders for leverage and I stopped him and whipped him to the beach like a French poodle after that…

By: JD

JD — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:43:36 +0000

Wow a 12-lb. dolly…that’s a toad! Nice work!

By: Glenn Fukumoto

Glenn Fukumoto — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:30:57 +0000

That’s a Needlefish, and you’re right about them shredding up your baits and leaders too.

By: Joe Hager

Joe Hager — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:22:35 +0000

JD, I am a new subscriber,and I caught a fish like that in Denmark when I lived there,
It was called a Hornfisk. I also caught a 12lb Dolly Varden in Denmark.

Thanks, Joe Hager

By: John Brown

John Brown — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:06:13 +0000

Yep! that looks like the needlefish, I used to see them while diving overseas…