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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Hemiramphidae |
| Genus: | Hemiramphus Cuvier, 1816 |
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Hemiramphus is a genus of schooling marine fish commonly called halfbeaks, garfish, or ballyhoos, and are members of the family Hemiramphidae. They inhabit the surface of warm temperate and tropical sea, and feed on algae, plankton, and smaller fish. Hemiramphus species are edible but are more important as food fish for larger predatory species including dolphinfish and billfish.
[edit] Species
- Hemiramphus archipelagicus - Jumping halfbeak
- Hemiramphus bermudensis - Bermuda halfbeak
- Hemiramphus brasiliensis - Ballyhoo
- Hemiramphus balao - Balao halfbeak
- Hemiramphus convexus
- Hemiramphus depauperatus - Tropical half-beak fish
- Hemiramphus far - Blackbarred halfbeak
- Hemiramphus lutkei - Lutke's halfbeak
- Hemiramphus marginatus - Yellowtip halfbeak
- Hemiramphus robustus - Three-by-two garpike
- Hemiramphus saltator - Longfin halfbeak
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). Species of Hemiramphus in FishBase. Mar 2007 version.
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