Belone

Latin-English

bĕlŏn|ē, -ēs. (ˈbe.lo.ne) fem.

1. The greater pipefish, Syngnathus acus.
2. The garfish, Belone belone.

[Greek βελόνη "needle; needlefish".]

Loci

• αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.50:

Acus sive belone unus piscium dehiscente propter multitudinem utero parit.

The pipefish (acus, or belone) is the one fish that gives birth by its womb splitting open, due to its great number [of young].