Hemirhamphodon
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| Subadult female H. pogonognathus, about 4 cm long. This species clearly shows the extended lower jaw that provides halfbeaks with their common name. | |
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| Genus: | Hemirhamphodon Bleeker, 1865
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| Hemirhamphus phaiosoma Bleeker, 1852
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Hemirhamphodon is a genus of viviparous halfbeak found in peaty and lowland forest streams in Southeast Asia. These are relatively small fishes the largest species being about 10 cm in length. These fish are viviparous and are sometimes kept as aquarium fish, but otherwise have no commercial value.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: [1][2]
- Hemirhamphodon byssus H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2013[2]
- Hemirhamphodon chrysopunctatus Brembach, 1978
- Hemirhamphodon kapuasensis Collette, 1991
- Hemirhamphodon kecil H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2013[2]
- Hemirhamphodon kuekenthali Steindachner, 1901
- Hemirhamphodon phaiosoma (Bleeker, 1852)
- Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus (Bleeker, 1853)
- Hemirhamphodon sesamum H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2013[2]
- Hemirhamphodon tengah Collette, 1991
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hemirhamphodon in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ a b c d Tan, H.H. & Lim, K.K.P. (2013): Three new species of freshwater halfbeaks (Teleostei: Zenarchopteridae: Hemirhamphodon) from Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (2): 735–747.
See also
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