Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17. Diagnosis: body elongate; lower jaw forming long, narrow beak; upper jaw short, triangular and scaled; scales on snout; well developed preorbital crest between eye and nasal pit; pelvics fin abdominal; dorsal and anal fins placed far back on body and spineless; caudal fin slightly forked (Ref. 57227).

Common Names

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Abu-minkar , Arabic , Egypt

Afrikansk halvnæb , Danish , Denmark

African halfbeak , English , UK

Half-beak , English , UK

Balaou , French , Mauritania

Demi-bec , French , France

Demi-bec , French , Mauritania

Demi-bec africain , French , Global

Halbschnäbler , German , Germany

Yporamfos , Greek , Greece

Υπόραμφος , Greek , Greece

Mezzobecco , Italian , Italy

非洲下鱵魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

非洲下鱵鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Meia-agulha-africana , Portuguese , Portugal

Zargan fals , Rumanian , Romania

Poluryl , Russian , Russia

Agujeta africana , Spanish , Spain

Saltón , Spanish , Spain

Yarımgaga balığı , Turkish , Turkey

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Hemiramphidae

Genus: Hyporhamphus

Species: Hyporhamphus picarti (Valenciennes, 1847)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Occurs in coastal waters. Often enters estuaries (Ref. 2683). Live on or near the bottom where it feeds on algae and organic debris which it gathers from the surface of the sediment (Ref. 5377). Forms schools. Attracted to lights at night. Eggs are attached to aquatic vegetation by sticky threads (Ref. 6730).

Habitat

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brackish