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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Arrhamphus: Greek, a = without + Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak (Ref. 45335).
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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

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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.

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Collette, B.B., 2004. Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859. Halfbeaks. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (22):35. (Ref. 51649)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.7 - 28.8, mean 27.9 °C (based on 316 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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Fishing Vulnerability

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): (0 of 100) .

Arrhamphus sclerolepis Günther, 1866