The black-tipped garfish or black-tipped halfbeak (''Hyporhamphus neglectissimus'') is a

halfbeak Hemiramphidae is a family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish. They are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The halfbeaks are ...

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Hemiramphidae Hemiramphidae is a family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish. They are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The halfbeaks are ...

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It is found in the Indo-West Pacific, where it replaces '' Hyporhamphus neglectus'' in waters around New Guinea and northern Australia. The black-tipped halfbeak is known to be found within a marine environment within a pelagic-neritic range. This species is native to a tropical climate. The maximum recorded length of the Hyporhamphus neglectissimus as an unsexed male is about 14.4 centimeters or about 5.66 inches long. This species is native to the waters around New Guinea and northern Australia. The biology of this species explains this species to be a coastal species.

Classification

The taxonomic classification of the Hyporhamphus neglectissimus is as follows: *Kingdom : Animalia *Eumetazoa : metazoans *Phylum : Chordata *Subphylum : Vertebrata *Superclass : Gnathostomata *Euteleostomi : bony vertebrates *Actinopterygii : ray-finned fishes *Order : Beloniformes *Family : Hemiramphidae *Genus : Hyporhamphus *Species : Hyporhamphus neglectissimus

References

* Neglected Garfish, Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev 1980 @ fishesofaustralia.net.au
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