Freshwater garfish (Xenentodon)

General data
- Main name: Freshwater garfish
Classification
- Family: Belonidae - Needlefishes
- Order: Beloniformes - Needlefishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Xenentodon is a genus of needlefishes native to Asia. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae. There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Xenentodon cancila (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Freshwater Garfish) Xenentodon canciloides (Bleeker, 1854)