Garfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Garfish Belone belone Least concern

Where the garfish lives – recorded in 14 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 16,288 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bony fish on the world map

Scientific name	Belone belone
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	14 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Beloniformes
Family	Belonidae

Where does the garfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the garfish in 14 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the garfish endangered?

The garfish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the garfish?

The garfish (Belone belone) is a ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes and the family Belonidae, genus Belone. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the garfish

The garfish (Belone belone), also known as the garpike, needlefish or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Garfish (revision 1380233200), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q643373 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).