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Halfbeaks
Hemiramphidae
The halfbeaks (family Hemiramphidae) are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The halfbeaks are named for their distinctive jaws, in which the lower jaws are significantly longer than the upper jaws. The similar viviparous halfbeaks (family Zenarchopteridae) have often been included in this family.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 62 known species
Hyporhamphus
genusHyporhamphus
Hemiramphus
genusHemiramphus
Arrhamphus
genusArrhamphus
Euleptorhamphus
genusEuleptorhamphus
Rhynchorhamphus
genusRhynchorhamphus
Chriodorus
genusChriodorus
Oxyporhamphus
genusOxyporhamphus
Melapedalion
genusMelapedalion
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57298.