FB-1058 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1058 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hemiramphus Hemiramphus bermudensis Collette, 1962 Póldziobiec balao Agulha Agulha-azul Agulha-preta Cangira Meia-agulha-preta Panaguaiú Abu-minkar Balao-halvnæb Halbschnäbler Balao Balao halfbeak Blacktail ballyhoo Blue balao Blue-tailed balao Half-beak Piper Balao Balaou bleu Balaou queue noire Demi bec Demi-bec Demi-bec balaou Mezzobecco Poluryl Aguja Agujeta Agujeta balaju Agujeta balajú Agujeta balao Balajú Balao Escribano Escribano balao Hojita Marao fósforo Saltón Balau Maxipombo 巴劳鱵 巴勞鱵 Hemiramphus brasiliensis (non Linnaeus, 1758) Hemiramphus guineensis Bleeker, 1863 Hemiramphus pleii Valenciennes, 1847 Hemiramphus vittatus Valenciennes, 1843 Hemirhamphus balao Lesueur, 1821 Hemirhamphus macrochirus Poey, 1860 1990-10-17 2017-04-04 Randall, J.E.0 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hebal_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Hebal_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2020-03-02 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 An inshore, surface-dwelling fish which forms sizeable schools (Ref. 3723). Feeds on small fishes and plankton (Ref. 3723). Mainly used as bait for offshore game fishes such as sailfishes and marlins; utilized as a food fish in the West Indies (Ref. 3723). Minimum depth range from Ref. 84211. Collette, B.B. and N.V. Parin 1990 Hemiramphidae. p. 579-582. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4497) FB-DiagnosticDescr-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-03-20 00:00:00 2015-03-12 22:23:19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Diagnosis: body elongate; lower jaw forming long, narrow beak; upper jaw short, triangular and scaled; absence of scales on snout; no preorbital crest between eye and nasal pit; pelvic fins abdominal; dorsal and anal fins placed far back on body and spineless; caudal fin deeply forked (Ref. 57227).Description: fins spineless; pectoral fins long, tips reaching to nasal pits when fins folded forwards; lower lobe caudal fin longer than upper (Ref. 57227). Coloration: back bluish, belly silvery white; beak black with fleshy tip red; upper lobe of caudal fin purple-bluish with tip red; lower lobe bluish (Ref. 57227). Randall, J.E. 1996 Caribbean reef fishes. Third Edition - revised and enlarged. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p. (Ref. 13442) FB-Morphology-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-03-20 00:00:00 2015-03-12 22:23:19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 15; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 13 Randall, J.E. 1996 Caribbean reef fishes. Third Edition - revised and enlarged. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p. (Ref. 13442) FB-Distribution-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2026-01-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Atlantic: New York, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ref. 7251); including the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 3723). Eastern Atlantic: from Morocco to the Canary Islands (Ref. 57227) and in the Gulf of Guinea from Victoria, Nigeria to south to Luanda, Angola (Ref. 4497). Reported from Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 28587, 57227). Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-Uses-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2020-03-02 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually; price category: medium; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus Collette, B.B. 1978 Hemiramphidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), Volume 2. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3723) Collette, B.B. 1978 Hemiramphidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), Volume 2. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3723) FB-TrophicStrategy-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1995-04-05 00:00:00 2001-07-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public balao http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Feeds on planktonic and benthic organisms (Ref. 33). Randall, J.E. 1967 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. (Ref. 33) FB-Size-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2020-03-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology 40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3633)) Collette, B.B. 1981 Hemiramphidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic (Fishing Areas 34, 47 (in part)). Volume 2. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Rome. (Ref. 3633) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-1057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2020-03-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1057 reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 3723) Collette, B.B. 1978 Hemiramphidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), Volume 2. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3723)