Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae Halfbeaks

Genus: Oxyporhamphus

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847)

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Oxyporhamphus micropterus
[Bigwing halfbeak]

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Oxyporhamphus similis Bruun, 1935

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Oxyporhamphus similis
[False halfbeak]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Oxyporhamphus micropterus Bigwing halfbeak Indo-Pacific 18.5 SL 1847
Oxyporhamphus similis False halfbeak Eastern Atlantic 18 SL 1935



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