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Arrhamphus sclerolepis Günther, 1866

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 17; Vertebrae: 45 - 48. Lower jaw proportionately much shorter at larger sizes. Anal rays usually 15; vertebrae 45-48, usually 46 or 47; gill rakers on the first arch, 21-25, usually 23 or 24.

Common Names

  • Stumpsnudet halvnæb , Danish , Denmark
  • Jumping halfbeak , English , Australia
  • No bill garfish , English , Australia
  • Northern snub-nosed garfish , English , Australia
  • Northern snubnose garfish , English , Global
  • Short bill garfish , English , Australia
  • Short-beaked garfish , English , Australia
  • Short-bill snubbie , English , Australia
  • Snub-nosed garfish , English , Australia
  • Snub-nosed garfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Snubnose garfish , English , Australia
  • South-east snub-nosed garfish , English , Australia
  • 圆吻星鱵 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 圓吻星鱵 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Beloniformes

    Family: Hemiramphidae

    Genus: Arrhamphus

    Species: Arrhamphus sclerolepis Günther, 1866

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific: Carnarvon, Western Australia to Lindeman Island.

    • Biology

    A coastal species that extends into fresh water. Occurs in brackish estuaries, but frequently found in the lower, tidal portions of freshwater streams (Ref. 2847). Considered an excellent food fish taken by commercial and recreational fishers (Ref. 9843).

    Habitat

    freshwater