Biology:Hyporhamphus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Hyporhamphus
Hyporhamphus meeki.jpg
American halfbeak (H. meeki)
Scientific classification e
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]
Synonyms[2]
  • Eulepidorhamphus Fowler, 1919
  • Ichthyacus Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  • Odontorhamphus Weed, 1933
  • Reporhamphus Whitley, 1931

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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2282077 entry