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Arrhamphus sclerolepis sclerolepis in Papua New Guinea
Northern snubnose garfish

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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
Resilience:
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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Papua New Guinea country information
Common names:	Snub-nosed garfish		Ref:  Kailola, P.J., 1987
Status:	native		Ref:  Allen, G.R., 1991
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Abundance:	abundant (always seen in some numbers)		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Reported from the Daru area, Galley reach and Port Moresby. Widespread along the Papuan coast. Occurs near the mouth of the Fly River (Ref. 13533). Also Ref. 9843, 75154.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pp.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Kailola, P.J., 1987
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	Checked:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

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