Hemiramphus saltator, Longfin halfbeak : fisheries, bait

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Hemiramphus saltator Gilbert & Starks, 1904

Longfin halfbeak
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> Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Hemiramphus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gilbert & Starks.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - ? m. Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Panama, including the Galapagos Islands; rare in northern Baja California, Mexico. Range extends to Ecuador (Ref. 36576).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9306); peso máximo publicado: 223.25 g (Ref. 124487)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 15; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 13; Vértebra: 54 - 58. Body elongate; lower jaw very prolonged; upper jaw short, triangular, and without scales; lower branch of first gill arch with 26 to 32 gill rakers; fins lacking spines; pectoral fins long; caudal fin deeply forked, the lower lobe longer than the upper; anal fin with 10 to 13 rays; back dark blue; flanks and belly silvery white; edge of lower jaw red; upper lobe of caudal fin violet blue, its tip red (Ref. 55763). Branchiostegal rays: 13-15 (Ref. 36576).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

An oceanic species which occurs near surface. Adults form very big schools (Ref. 9306). Feed on small fishes and planktonic organisms (Ref. 9306). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36576). Eggs are attached to floating objects via filaments (Ref. 36576). Found in markets of Panama (Ref. 9306).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous (Ref. 36576).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Collette, Bruce B. | Colaboradores

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; carnada: occasionally
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 15.2 - 26.4, mean 19.7 °C (based on 68 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00398 (0.00219 - 0.00722), b=2.97 (2.81 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.0   ±0.65 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.