A large garfish of warm inshore waters, which leaps from the water and skitters over the surface when disturbed.
角鲨；颌针鱼
Genus Tylosaurus, family Belonidae: several species
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This houndfish was caught on the last morning of a month long backpacking/fishing trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Along the way, we also caught a remora, a large houndfish, and 2 bluerunners.
A houndfish is a silver, saltwater, large needlefish with a green back, and whose jaws are equal in length.
A couple of weeks ago, this paper ran a brief story about a 16-year-old Florida snorkeler, Stephanie Mittler, who was speared in the neck by a needle-nosed houndfish.
Stephanie was standing in chest-deep water when a houndfish flew out of the water and stabbed her in the neck with its spearlike nose.
Later, we came back to Double Reef in full scuba gear, but the houndfish didn't show up, even when the girls were feeding the tangs and the black damsels.
It was very slow. we only managed to land one houndfish and a bonito.