Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 17; Vertebrae: 47 - 53. Gill rakers usually 31 or fewer on the first arch, and usually 23 or fewer on the second arch.

Common Names

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遗下鱵鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

遺下鱵魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Buging , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Hemiramphidae

Genus: Hyporhamphus

Species: Hyporhamphus neglectus (Bleeker, 1866)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Occasionally marketed fresh in the Philippines.

Habitat

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brackish