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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Hyporhamphus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, rhamphos = beak, bill (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous; depth range 30 - ? m (Ref. 10943). Temperate; 34°N - 17°S

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 637)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18; Vertebrae: 59 - 63. Anterior branch of its preorbital canal curved forward at an angle of about 90°. Predorsal scales 66-81; vertebrae 59-63; pectoral fin rays 12-14, usually 13. Lower jaw shorter than head length.

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Northwest Pacific: Yellow Sea, Pohai Sea, Japan Sea, and the Pacific coast of Japan, extending north to Sakhalin and to Preobrazheniye Bight and Vladivostok in the Gulf of Peter the Great. Recorded from the lower part of the Yangtze River in China. Occurrence of this species south to the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan needs verification.

Common in inshore waters. Occurs in the lower part of the Yangtze River in China (Ref. 10943). Forms small schools and feed mainly on zooplankton. Meat delicious. Also caught with dip nets. Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaborators

Collette, B.B. and J. Su, 1986. The halfbeaks (Pisces, Beloniformes, Hemiramphidae) of the Far East. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 138(1):250-301.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00122 (-0.21307 - 0.21551), b=3.05 (2.94 - 3.17), based on LWR estimates for this family-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)