Hyporhamphus

Genus of fishes

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

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.