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.
Species
There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus:
- Hyporhamphus acutus <small>(Günther, 1872)</small>
- Hyporhamphus acutus acutus <small>(Günther, 1872)</small> (Pacific halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus <small>(Steindachner, 1900)</small> (Acute halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus affinis <small>(Günther, 1866)</small> (Tropical halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus australis <small>(Steindachner, 1866)</small> (Eastern sea garfish)
- Hyporhamphus balinensis <small>(Bleeker, 1858)</small> (Balinese garfish)
- Hyporhamphus brederi <small>(Fernández-Yépez, 1948)</small>
- Hyporhamphus capensis <small>(Thominot, 1886)</small> (Cape halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus collettei <small>Banford, 2010</small>
- Hyporhamphus dussumieri <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Dussumier's halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus <small>(Lesueur, 1821)</small>
- Hyporhamphus gamberur <small>(Rüppell, 1837)</small> (Red Sea halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus gernaerti <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small>
- Hyporhamphus gilli <small>Meek & Hildebrand, 1923</small> (Choelo halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus hildebrandi <small>Jordan & Evermann, 1927</small>
- Hyporhamphus ihi <small>Phillipps, 1932</small> (New Zealand piper)
- Hyporhamphus improvisus <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1933)</small> (Shortfin halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus intermedius <small>(Cantor, 1842)</small> (Asian pencil halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus limbatus <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Congaturi halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus meeki <small>Banford & Collette, 1993</small> (American halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus melanochir <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Southern sea garfish)
- Hyporhamphus melanopterus <small>Collette & Parin, 1978</small>
- Hyporhamphus mexicanus <small>ÃÂlvarez, 1959</small> (Mexican halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus naos <small>Banford & Collette, 2001</small> (Pacific silverstripe halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus neglectissimus <small>Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev, 1980</small> (Black-tipped garfish)
- Hyporhamphus neglectus <small>(Bleeker, 1866)</small>
- Hyporhamphus pacificus <small>(Steindachner, 1900)</small>
- Hyporhamphus paucirastris <small>Collette & Parin, 1978</small>
- Hyporhamphus picarti <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (African halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus quoyi <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Quoy's garfish)
- Hyporhamphus regularis <small>(Günther, 1866)</small>
- Hyporhamphus regularis ardelio <small>(Whitley, 1931)</small> (Eastern river garfish)
- Hyporhamphus regularis regularis <small>(Günther, 1866)</small> (Western river garfish)
- Hyporhamphus roberti <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small>
- Hyporhamphus roberti hildebrandi <small>D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927</small> (Central American halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus roberti roberti <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Slender halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus rosae <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)</small> (California halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus sajori <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small> (Japanese halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus sindensis <small>(Regan, 1905)</small> (Sind halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus snyderi <small>Meek & Hildebrand, 1923</small> (Skipper halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus taiwanensis <small>Collette & J. X. Su, 1986</small>
- Hyporhamphus unicuspis <small>Collette & Parin, 1978</small> (Simpletooth halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus unifasciatus <small>(Ranzani, 1841)</small> (Common halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus xanthopterus <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Red-tipped halfbeak)
- Hyporhamphus yuri <small>Collette & Parin, 1978</small>
Two fossil species are also known:
H. tatjachenkoi appears to be related to the modern Hyporamphus affinis and Hyporhamphus gamberur.
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