Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 19; Vertebrae: 47 - 54. Long upper jaw and many vertebrae (47-54) and predorsal scales (48-63). Lower jaw shorter than head length.

Common Names

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Asian pencil halfbeak , English , Global

Garfish , English , Viet Nam

Kurume-sayori , Japanese , Japan

クルメサヨリ , Japanese , Japan

줄공치 , Korean , Korea (South)

九洲下鱵魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

九洲下鱵鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

間下鱵 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

間下鱵魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

间下鱵 , Mandarin Chinese () , China

间下鱵鱼 , Mandarin Chinese () , China

Cá Kìm ba sọc xanh , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Hemiramphidae

Genus: Hyporhamphus

Species: Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor, 1842)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Enters estuaries and freshwater. Feeds on zooplankton.

Habitat

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freshwater