Long billed half beak
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 16; Vertebrae: 54 - 59. Very strongly pronounced domed upper jaw which is the longest and most arched of the four species of Rhynchorhamphus.: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
Diet information for Long billed half beak is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - ? m. Tropical West Pacific: the most widespread of the four species of Rhynchorhamphus, found from Persian Gulf through Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal through the Western Central Pacific north to Taiwan and Hong Kong and east to New Guinea and northern Australia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Duck-billed Garfish · Duckbill garfish · George's halfbeak · Half beak · Half beak Gar fish · Long billed half beak · Long-billed garfish · Long-jawed garfish · Longbill halfbeak · longjawed garfish · spatula garfish · Halfbeak · Long billed halfbeak |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | سمك الرمح طويل الفك · سمك الرمح منقار البط · نصف منقار طويل المنقار |
| 🇫🇷French | Demi-bec uni |
| 🌍GUJ | Kagada · Kunga · Toli · કગડા · કુંગા · તોલી |
| 🌍KAN | Kande · ಕಂಡಿ |
| 🌍MAL | Komban · Koyala · Poo-kole · കൊന്പന് · കൊന്വന് · കൊയല · കൊയാല · പൂകോലെ · പൂക്കോള് |
| 🌍MAR | Sumb · Tol · तोळ · सुमब |
| 🌍MSA | Jolong sumbu · Jolong-jolong · Kacang-kacang |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Meia-agulha-bico-de-pato |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Длиннорыл Георги |
| 🌍TAM | Azhamurrel · Kallamurrel · Kozhuthamurrel · அழமுரல் · கலமுரல் · கள்ளாமுரல் · கழுத முரல் · கொமுத்த துரல் |
| 🌍TEL | Gonia · గోనియా |
| 🌍TGL | Buging · Buguing · Burog · Kansusuwit · Bugiw |
| 🌍VIE | Cá Kìm môi dài |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 乔氏吻鱵 · 乔氏吻鱵鱼 · 乔氏鱵 · 喬氏吻鱵 · 喬氏吻鱵魚 · 喬氏鱵 · 水針 · 補網師 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemiramphus brevirostris | Cuvier | 1829 | Synonym |
| Hemiramphus eclancheri | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hemiramphus georgii | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hemiramphus leucopterus | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hemiramphus russeli | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hemirhamphus cantori | Bleeker | 1866 | Synonym |
| Hemirhamphus eclancheri | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hemirhamphus georgii | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hemirhamphus leucopterus | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hemirhamphus plumatus | Blyth | 1858 | Synonym |
| Hemirhamphus russeli | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hyporhamphus georgi | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Hyporhampus georgii | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Loligorhamphus normani | Whitley | 1931 | Synonym |
| Rhynchorhamphus eclancheri | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 2 records indexed .
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