Hyporhamphus
| Hyporhamphus | |
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| American halfbeak (H. meeki) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Hemiramphidae |
| Genus: | Hyporhamphus T. N. Gill, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus T.N. Gill, 1859[1]
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Hyporhamphus is a genus of halfbeaks. The species in this genus are distributed throughout the warmer seas of the world, most species being Indo-Pacific and there are some freshwater species.[3]
Species
[edit]There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Hyporhamphus acutus (Günther, 1872)
- Hyporhamphus acutus acutus (Günther, 1872) (Pacific halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus (Steindachner, 1900) (Acute halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther, 1866) (Tropical halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus australis (Steindachner, 1866) (Eastern sea garfish)
- Hyporhamphus balinensis (Bleeker, 1858) (Balinese garfish)
- Hyporhamphus brederi (Fernández-Yépez, 1948)
- Hyporhamphus capensis (Thominot, 1886) (Cape halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus collettei Banford, 2010
- Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1847) (Dussumier's halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus (Lesueur, 1821)
- Hyporhamphus gamberur (Rüppell, 1837) (Red Sea halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus gernaerti (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Hyporhamphus gilli Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Choelo halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus ihi Phillipps, 1932 (New Zealand piper)
- Hyporhamphus improvisus (J. L. B. Smith, 1933) (Shortfin halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor, 1842) (Asian pencil halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1847) (Congaturi halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus meeki Banford & Collette, 1993 (American halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus melanochir (Valenciennes, 1847) (Southern sea garfish)
- Hyporhamphus melanopterus Collette & Parin, 1978
- Hyporhamphus mexicanus Álvarez, 1959 (Mexican halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus naos Banford & Collette, 2001 (Pacific silverstripe halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev, 1980 (Black-tipped garfish)
- Hyporhamphus neglectus (Bleeker, 1866)
- Hyporhamphus paucirastris Collette & Parin, 1978
- Hyporhamphus picarti (Valenciennes, 1847) (African halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus quoyi (Valenciennes, 1847) (Quoy's garfish)
- Hyporhamphus regularis (Günther, 1866)
- Hyporhamphus regularis ardelio (Whitley, 1931) (Eastern river garfish)
- Hyporhamphus regularis regularis (Günther, 1866) (Western river garfish)
- Hyporhamphus roberti (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Hyporhamphus roberti hildebrandi D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927 (Central American halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus roberti roberti (Valenciennes, 1847) (Slender halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus rosae (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (California halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus sindensis (Regan, 1905) (Sind halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus snyderi Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Skipper halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus taiwanensis Collette & J. X. Su, 1986
- Hyporhamphus unicuspis Collette & Parin, 1978 (Simpletooth halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841) (Common halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus xanthopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (Red-tipped halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus yuri Collette & Parin, 1978
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hyporhamphus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hemiramphidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Bruce B. Collette (2004). Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 halfbeaks. Vol. 22. California Academy of Sciences. ISSN 1545-150X.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hyporhamphus". FishBase. August 2012 version.
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