Zenarchopterus dispar

Feathered river garfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Zenarchopteridae
Genus: Zenarchopterus
Species: Z. dispar
Binomial name
Zenarchopterus dispar
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Hemiramphus dispar Valenciennes, 1847
  • Zenarchopterus maculosus Garman, 1903
  • Zenarchopterus vaisiganus Jordan & Seale, 1906

The Feathered river garfish (Zenarchopterus dispar), also known as Estuarine halfbeak, Spoon-fin garfish, Spoon-fin river garfish and Viviparous half beak, is a species of marine, freshwater, brackish and reef-associated oceanodromous viviparous halfbeak found in Indo-Pacific regional countries, such as Kenya, Mozambique, Seychelles, Madagascar, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Sri Lanka, India, Vanuatu, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Samoa.[1]

Description

The species measured 19.0 centimetres (7.5 in) SL in length.[2] The body shows typical halfbeak shape with an elongated lower jaw and cylindrical elongated body.[3] They have no spines on fins, but do have 11-12 rays of their dorsal fins and 12-13 rays on their anal fins. Pectoral fin is much shorter than head length.[3] The longest recorded Jumping halfbeak was 34 cm long. Snout is uniform and brown in color. The fish can be found in found around mangroves and sheltered shallow areas, where juveniles are neustonic and can be seen floating on water.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/db/zoology/Fishes_of_Bitung/data/p028_02b.html
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Zenarchopterus dispar" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
  3. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Hemiramphus archipelagicus" in FishBase. 07 2015 version.


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