American halfbeak

American halfbeak
American halfbeak (H. meeki)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Hyporhamphus
Species: H. meeki
Binomial name
Hyporhamphus meeki
Banford & Collette, 1993[1]

The American halfbeak (Hyporhamphus meeki) is a halfbeak from the Hemiramphidae family.[2]

The second part of its binomial name is in honor of American ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek.

References

  1. Hyporhamphus meeki - The Taxonomicon
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Hyporhamphus meeki" in FishBase. 8 2012 version.


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