Hyporhamphus Temporal range: | |
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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 [1] | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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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. [3]
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus: [4]
The only known fossil species of this group is Hyporhamphus tatjanchenkoi Bannikov, Carnevale & Kotylar, 2016 from the Middle Miocene of the North Caucasus, Russia. This species appears to be related to the modern Hyporamphus affinis and Hyporhamphus gamberur. [5]
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