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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.
Species
Hemiramphus brasiliensis - Ballyhoo
Hemiramphus balao - Balao halfbeak
Hemiramphus far - Blackbarred halfbeak
Hemiramphus lutkei Hemiramphus marginatus - Yellowtip halfbeak
Hemiramphus robustus - Three-by-two garpike
Hemiramphus saltator - Longfin halfbeak
References
- Species of Hemiramphus. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Mar 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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