Rhynchorhamphus arabicus
Appearance
Rhynchorhamphus arabicus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Hemiramphidae |
Genus: | Rhynchorhamphus |
Species: | R. arabicus
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchorhamphus arabicus |
Rhynchorhamphus arabicus or Arabian flyingfish is a halfbeak of the family Hemiramphidae of the order Beloniformes.
It is one of the four recognized species of the genus Rhynchorhamphus and can be found in the Western Indian Ocean, near Yemen and Somalia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ R. arabicus - The Taxonomicon
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Rhynchorhamphus arabicus" in FishBase. 8 2012 version.
Further reading
[edit]Collette, Bruce (January 1976). "Indo-West Pacific Halfbeaks (hemiramphidae) of The Genus Rhynchorhamphus with Descriptions of Two New Species". Bulletin. 26 (1): 72–98. Ritland, Kermit; Leblanc, Marissa; B., Collette (December 2004). "Mating system of four inbreeding monkeyflower (Mimulus) species revealed using 'progeny-pair' analysis of highly informative microsatellite markers". Plant Species Biology. 19 (3): 72–98, 149–157. doi:10.1111/j.1442-1984.2004.00111.x.</ref>