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Arrhamphus sclerolepis sclerolepis in Australia
Northern snubnose garfish

Arrhamphus sclerolepis sclerolepis Günther, 1866
Family:	Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks) , subfamily: Hemiramphinae	picture (Arscl_u1.jpg) by Dumma, S.
Order:	Beloniformes (needle fishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Northern snubnose garfish
Max. size:	36.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2847)
Environment:	pelagic-neritic; amphidromous
Climate:	tropical; 1°S - 19°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
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Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific: confined to northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea. Known south along the coast of western Australia to the Gascoyne River and along the coast of eastern Australia to Lindeman Island and Bowen, Queensland.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-16; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 14-17; Vertebrae: 45-48. Lower jaw proportionately much shorter at larger sizes. Anal rays usually 15; vertebrae 45-48, usually 46 or 47; gill rakers on the first arch, 21-25, usually 23 or 24.
Biology:	A coastal species that extends into fresh water. Occurs in brackish estuaries, but frequently found in the lower, tidal portions of freshwater streams (Ref. 2847). Considered an excellent food fish taken by commercial and recreational fishers (Ref. 9843)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Collette, Bruce B.
Main Ref:	Collette, B.B.. 1974. (Ref. 10988)
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Australia country information
Common names:	Snubnose garfish, Jumping halfbeak, No bill garfish, Northern snub-nosed garfish, Short bill garfish, Short-beaked garfish, Short-bill snubbie, Snub-nosed garfish, South-east snub-nosed garfish, Garfish, Northern garfish	Ref: Yearsley, G.K., P.R. Last and G.B. Morris, 1997
Status:	native	Ref: Pusey, B.J., A.H. Arthington and M.G. Read, 1995
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Ranges from Lindeman Island and Bowen on the east coast of Queensland northward across the top of Australia and down the coast of Western Australia to the Gascoyne River. Known from Mulgrave river, Wet Tropics, Northern Queensland (Ref. 40054); Burdekin River (Ref. 40171). Also Ref. 9843.
States/Provinces:	New South Wales (native) Northern Territory (native) Queensland (native) Western Australia (native)
States/Provinces Complete?:	Yes
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority:	www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Allen, G.R., 1989
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