Hyporhamphus collettei explained

Hyporhamphus collettei is a halfbeak from the family Hemiramphidae.

The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette.^[1]

Found along the Western Atlantic, it is endemic to the nearshore marine waters of Bermuda.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes) . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . 15 June 2019 . 21 August 2019 . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
2. Heidi M. Banford . 2010 . Hyporhamphus collettei, a new species of inshore halfbeak (Hemiramphidae) endemic to Bermuda, with comments on the biogeography of the Hyporhamphus unifasciatus species group . 10.2988/10-22.1 . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 123 . 4 . 345–358.