Hyporhamphus Explained

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.^[1]

Species

There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Bruce B. Collette . Bruce Baden Collette . 2004 . Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 halfbeaks . 1545-150X . Annotated Checklist of Fishes . 22 . California Academy of Sciences.