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Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
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
Ecologia
marino; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 6 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
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 / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 10943); 17.6 cm SL (female)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12 - 15; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 14 - 16; Vertebre: 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.
More coastal than O. m. micropterus and frequently found near islands.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 25.3 - 29.3, mean 28.7 °C (based on 2285 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00196 - 0.01020), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 0.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K>1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).