Rhynchorhamphus georgii

Rhynchorhamphus georgii
Long-billed Halfbeak (R. georgii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Rhynchorhamphus
Species: R. georgii
Binomial name
Rhynchorhamphus georgii
(Valenciennes, 1847)[1]

Rhynchorhamphus georgii or long-billed halfbeak is a halfbeak of the family Hemiramphidae of the order Beloniformes.

It is one of the four recognized species of the genus Rhynchorhamphus. One of the most widespread of them, it is found from the Persian Gulf through the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal through the Western Central Pacific north to Taiwan and Hong Kong and east to New Guinea and northern Australia.[2]

References

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

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