Hyporhamphus
American halfbeak (H. meeki)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hyporhamphus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. Bruce B. Collette (2004). Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 halfbeaks. Vol. 22. California Academy of Sciences. ISSN 1545-150X. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Hyporhamphus in FishBase. August 2012 version.


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