FB-25578 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25578 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Gobionidae Pseudopungtungia Pseudopungtungia nigra Mori, 1935 Fly river garfish Fly river-garfish Hemiramphus novaeguineae Weber, 1913 1996-11-25 2013-07-15 Allen, G.R.0 Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847) Kailola, P.J.0 The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Vol. 1. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae. Research Bulletin No. 41. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 194 p. (Ref. 6993) Collette, B.B.0 Two new species of freshwater halfbeaks (Pisces: Hemiramphidae) of the genus <i>Zenarchopterus</i> from New Guinea. Copeia 1982(2):265-276. (Ref. 11342) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. 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(Ref. 75154) FB-GeneralDescr-25579 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-11-25 00:00:00 2017-04-04 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25579 Inhabits estuaries, lowland rivers and tributaries, sometimes penetrating well inland. Favors warm (25°-30°C), shallow water in areas with dense aquatic plant growth. A shoal-forming species which swims near the surface. Mainly herbivorous but insects are also consumed (Ref. 44894). Allen, G.R. 1991 Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847) FB-Morphology-25579 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-11-25 00:00:00 1996-11-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25579 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 15; Analsoft rays: 11 - 14 Allen, G.R. 1991 Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847) FB-Distribution-25579 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-11-25 00:00:00 2005-12-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25579 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Asia and Oceania. Allen, G.R. 1991 Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847) FB-Size-25579 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-11-25 00:00:00 2017-04-04 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=25579 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 20.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 44894)) Allen, G.R., S.H. Midgley and M. Allen 2002 Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia. 394 p. (Ref. 44894) 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#Morphology 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-25579 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-11-25 00:00:00 2017-04-04 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25579 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution pelagic; freshwater; depth range 0 - ? m