Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 17; Vertebrae: 51 - 53. Long recurved unicuspid teeth arranged in only 1-2 rows in the anterior parts of both jaws. Predorsal scales 35-40; pelvic fins located closer to the origin of the pectoral fin so that the P2-C distance extended forward reaches the orbit. Lower jaw about equal to head length.

Common Names

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水针 , Mandarin Chinese , China

简氏下鱵 , Mandarin Chinese , China

简牙下鱵鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

簡氏下鱵 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

簡牙下鱵魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Hemiramphidae

Genus: Hyporhamphus

Species: Hyporhamphus gernaerti (Valenciennes, 1847)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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A coastal water species.

Habitat

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neritic