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Hyporhamphus ihi Phillipps, 1932

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20; Vertebrae: 55 - 58. Gill rakers usually 32 or less on the first arch and 25 or less on the second arch. Relatively longer upper jaw (usually longer than wide) and lower jaw (usually longer than head length), especially at larger sizes.

Common Names

  • Garfish , English , New Zealand
  • Halfbeak , English , New Zealand
  • New Zealand garfish , English , New Zealand
  • Piper , English , New Zealand
  • 伊氏下鱵魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 伊氏下鱵鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Ihi , Maori , New Zealand
  • Takeke , Maori , New Zealand

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Beloniformes

    Family: Hemiramphidae

    Genus: Hyporhamphus

    Species: Hyporhamphus ihi Phillipps, 1932

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    Biology

    Occurs in inshore waters. Forms schools for spawning during mid summer (Ref. 9258). Feeds mainly on larger zooplankton like mysids, crab larvae and polychaete larvae (Ref. 26966).

    Habitat

    neritic