A photographic guide to the embryonic development of the garfish Belone belone
Vivian Fischbach & Timo Moritz
The garfish Belone belone is a marine epipelagic species with a large distribution ranging from the Northern Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. It belongs to the order Beloniformes. Beloniform fishes inhabit coastal and marine habitats around the world and thus play crucial roles in several ecosystems. Beloniforms exhibit a complex early life history of which not all developmental phases are fully known yet. This study describes
- the embryogenesis of the garfish,
- establishes developmental stages,
- and provides a photographic guide to identify the different developmental stages.
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Fischbach, V. & T. Moritz. 2026. A photographic guide to the embryonic development of the garfish Belone belone. Bulletin of Fish Biology 21: 55–62. doi: 10.53188/BFB0015
Fig. 2 from Fischbach & Moritz (2026)
The Garfish in GfI-Fishatlas:
Garfish Belone belone (Linnaeus 1761)
Backgroundphoto: Garfish from the Mediterranean Sea. By euparkeria – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43557537