Hyporhamphus

Hyporhamphus
American halfbeak (H. meeki)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Hyporhamphus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus
T.N. Gill, 1859
Synonyms
  • Eulepidorhamphus Fowler, 1919
  • Ichthyacus Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  • Odontorhamphus Weed, 1933
  • Reporhamphus Whitley, 1931

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.

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