Platybelone lovii

Platybelone lovii is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae. It is a predatory, pelagic fish which is endemic to the eastern Atlantic Ocean in the waters around Cape Verde.^[1] This species was described by Albert Günther in 1866 as Belone lovii and was named in honour of the British naturalist Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874).^[2]

Platybelone lovii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Family:	Belonidae
Genus:	Platybelone
Species:	P. lovii
Binomial name
Platybelone lovii (Günther, 1866)
Synonyms
Belone lovii Günther, 1866 Platybelone argalus lovii(Günther, 1866)