''Rhynchorhamphus'' is a
genus
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of
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 ...
s. They are found in western
Pacific and
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
ocean.
Species
There are currently four recognized
species
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in this genus:
* ''
Rhynchorhamphus arabicus''
Parin & Shcherbachev
Dmitry Grigoryevich Shcherbachev (russian: Дми́трий Григо́рьевич Щербачёв; tr. ; 18 January 1932) was a general in the Russian Army during World War I and one of the leaders of the White Movement during the Russian C ...
, 1972 (Arabian flyingfish)
* ''
Rhynchorhamphus georgii
''Rhynchorhamphus georgii'' or long-billed halfbeak is a halfbeak of the family Hemiramphidae of the order Beloniformes.
It is one of the four recognized species of the genus Rhynchorhamphus. One of the most widespread of them, it is found from ...
''
(Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1847) (Long-billed halfbeak)
* ''
Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus''
Collette, 1976 (Malabar halfbeak)
* ''
Rhynchorhamphus naga''
Collette, 1976
References
Hemiramphidae
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