The short-beaked garfish (Belone svetovidovi) is an uncommon species of needlefish in marine waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

This pelagic needlefish is present off the coasts of Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, and possibly in the Mediterranean Sea, as well.

Like all needlefish, this one has an elongated body with beak-like jaws that are lined with razor sharp teeth.

Needlefish tend to be surface fish, so are preyed upon like Atlantic mackerel, European pilchard, sand smelt, etc.

[2] The specific name honours Anatolii Nikolaevich Svetovidov (1903–1985) who was an ichthyologist at the Zoological Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia and a colleague of N.V.