🦋 Family

Hemiramphidae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Beloniformes › Hemiramphidae

Hyporhamphus meeki is a Hemiramphidae halfbeak, called American or Meek's halfbeak, named for American ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek.

Hyporhamphus melanochir, the southern garfish, is a popular edible halfbeak found in southern Australian and New Zealand waters.

Hyporhamphus ihi is an endemic New Zealand garfish found in inshore shallow waters around seagrass and reefs.

Hemiramphus brasiliensis is a halfbeak fish found in Atlantic tropical-warm temperate waters that feeds on seagrass and small fish.

This is a description of the halfbeak fish Hemiramphus far, covering its morphology, coloration, and distribution.

Related Families

Belonidae 10 species Adrianichthyidae 2 species Exocoetidae 1 species Scomberesocidae 1 species Zenarchopteridae 1 species

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