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Hemiramphus convexus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922
Halfbeak
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Hemiramphus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Weber & deBeaufort.
Etymology: Hemiramphus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Weber & deBeaufort.
Issue
Issue on validity of subspecies: the subspecies Hemiramphus convexus bruuni is elevated at species rank as Hemiramphus bruuni (Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev, 1980) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870). The species page will be created.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
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Indo-West Pacific: widespread in warmer waters from East Africa to Caroline Islands, New Guinea, New Britain and New Ireland. Replaced in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and coastal waters in between by Oxyporhamphus convexus bruuni (Ref. 9843).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10943); 17.6 cm SL (female)
Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10943); 17.6 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 48 - 51. Swim bladder composed of many small compartments instead of a single chamber. Gill rakers on the first arch, 26-33, usually 27-31.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
More coastal than O. m. micropterus and frequently found near islands.
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Main reference
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Collette, B.B. and J. Su, 1986. The halfbeaks (Pisces, Beloniformes, Hemiramphidae) of the Far East. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 138(1):250-301. (Ref. 10943)
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