FB-5404 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5404 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hemiramphus Hemiramphus far (Fabricius, 1775) Agulha Agulha peixe pica Kuku Meia-agulha manchada Pakanye Zaraganya Gevlekde halfbek Abo-meshfa Abou H'arbeh Abu-minkar Sils Bugiw Buroy Hnok-thido Nga-taung-myin Salasa Sasa Sawasid Suasid Swasid Båndplettet halvnæb Gefleckter Halbschnäbler Halbschnäbler Barred garfish Barred halfbeak Black barred garfish Blackbarred garfish Black-barred garfish Blackbarred halfbeak Black-barred halfbeak Half beak Halfbeak Spotted halfbeak Busa gaka Sise Täplänokkakala Aiguillette Balao Demi-bec Demi-bec à barres noires Demi-bec à taches noires Demi-bec bagnard חד- לסת כתמים Balanban Balitos Polukljuna iglica Mezzobecco Sindik Sundoprono Sunduk Tracas Hoshi-zayori Jenjulung Jolong selang tanda Jolong-jolong Kacang-kacang Menyulong Nyenyulung Puput Puput banang Puput bandang Puput banding Sembeh Sembir Senjolong Todak pendek Tsera-Pohe Poluryl I'usila Qaraare Chuchunge Chuchunge tili Chuchungi Kidau Mususa Mural முரல் முரல்  Baguing babae Buging Buging babae Bugiw Burog Kansusuwit Yarımgaga balığı Cá Kìm chấm Agujeta Agujete manchada Saltón Alusa Antseradava Antseraka Antseraka-vonina Arura Balang Balao Balitot Balobo kuning Baritos Baritos na balang Bayanban Bayangban Buging Buguin Buloy Bungug Burukun Coka-ilo Fela I'aota Ihe fota Jung jung Laniw Leu sula Maming Maminy Meming Misoramfos Mika Muigri Mwâtèè Nika Nkuil n'tsantra Pilangan Salawasid Sa-sa Sayasa Siriw Sulwi Susay Suwasid Talos Taruda nguhu Thovulu Tserapano Tuging ubod-ubod Unu unu Unu'unu Xaata Ημμίραμφος Μισόραμφος 斑鱵 水針 水针 Esox far Fabricius, 1775 Esox gladius Lacepède, 1803 Esox marginatus far Fabricius, 1775 Hemiramphus commersonii Cuvier, 1829 Hemiramphus mocquardianus Thominot, 1886 Hemirhamphus commersonii Cuvier, 1829 Hemirhamphus far (Fabricius, 1775) Hemirhamphus marginatus (non Forsskål, 1775) Hemirhamphus obesus Castelnau, 1861 1992-04-15 2022-07-05 ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists)0 Ontogeny and systematics of fishes. 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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=5404 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hefar_u5.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hefar_u5.jpg Locality: Port Sudan, Red Sea, Sudan (North). FB-GeneralDescr-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-04-15 00:00:00 2022-07-05 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5404 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occur in coastal waters of high islands and continental shorelines; generally in areas rich in vegetation (Ref. 5213) and sand flats (Ref. 48635). Form schools. Adults feed mainly on seagrasses, to a lesser extent on green algae and diatoms (Ref. 9843). Breed in estuaries (Ref. 4164). Marketed fresh and dried salted (Ref. 5284, 9843); meat tasty (Ref. 637). Also caught with dragnets (Ref. 30573) and dipnets. 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-05-22 00:00:00 2013-04-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5404 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw; upper jaw short, triangular and without scales; preorbital ridge absent; total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 25-36; pectoral fins short, not reaching past nasal pit when folded forward; with 3-9 (usually 4-6) vertical bars on the sides. (Ref. 9843). Color bluish dorsally, silvery on sides. 36-41 predorsal scales. Lower lobe of caudal fin longer than upper lobe. Dorsal and anal fins located posteriorly.Description: Characterized by dorsal fin yellowish; blue lower lobe and yellowish upper lobe caudal fin; tip of lower jaw, red; depth of body 5.7-7.3 in SL; well developed anterior lobe of dorsal fin; width of body contained 1.3-1.8 in its depth; lower lobe of caudal fin longer than upper (Ref. 90102). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Morphology-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-05-22 00:00:00 2013-04-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5404 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 15; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12 Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Distribution-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-04-15 00:00:00 2022-07-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5404 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Migrated to the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. Fricke, R. 1999 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390) FB-Uses-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-04-15 00:00:00 2022-07-05 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=5404 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; bait: occasionally Collette, B.B. 1984 Hemiramphidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51), Volume 2. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 6041) Masuda, H., C. Araga and T. Yoshino 1975 Coastal fishes of southern Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 382 p. (Ref. 637) Collette, B.B. 1999 Hemiramphidae. Halfbeaks. p. 2180-2196. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9843) FB-TrophicStrategy-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-05-22 00:00:00 2023-12-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public far http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Surface-dwelling omnivores (Also Ref. 9773). Lives in coastal waters of high islands and continental shorelines (Ref. 1602); also inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 1937, 58534). Present in seagrass beds at all life stages (Ref. 41878). Feeds on fish, plants, and zooplankton (Refs. 1602, 127989, 9773). Schooling species. Epipelagic inshore (Ref. 127989). Dwells in shallow waters, at the lee of coral reefs (Ref. 9773). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Size-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-04-15 00:00:00 2022-07-05 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=5404 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 45.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573)); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 126539) Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers 1996 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p. (Ref. 30573) Mehanna, S.F., G. Desouky, M. Salem and H.S. Mahmoud 2019 Some biological aspects and reproductive dynamic of the black-barred halfbeak <i>Hemiramphus far</i> (family: Hemiramphidae) in Bardawil lagoon, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries 23(3):127-137. (Ref. 126539) 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#Uses 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-5404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-04-15 00:00:00 2022-07-05 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=5404 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size reef-associated; non-migratory; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 86942) Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez 2011 Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463. (Ref. 86942)