#2334 · 🐟 fish
Houndfish
🇳🇱 Geep ·Tylosurus crocodilus
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what is it?
The houndfish ( Tylosurus crocodilus ) is a game fish of the family Belonidae. 5 kg) in weight. It is also often called the crocodile needlefish .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,452 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by François Péron in 1821 (205 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Houndfish
- Nederlands
- Geep
- scientific name
- Tylosurus crocodilus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Beloniformes
- family
- Belonidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,452
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1821 by François Péron
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52460, Wikidata Q3278635, GBIF 4286150, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.