Rhynchorhamphus georgii

Rhynchorhamphus georgii or long-billed halfbeak is a halfbeak of the family Hemiramphidae of the order Beloniformes.

Rhynchorhamphus georgii
Long-billed Halfbeak (R. georgii)

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Rhynchorhamphus
Species:
R. georgii
Binomial name
Rhynchorhamphus georgii
Synonyms
  • Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847
  • Hyporhamphus georgi (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Hyporhampus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Hemiramphus eclancheri Valenciennes, 1847
  • Hemiramphus leucopterus Valenciennes, 1847
  • Hemiramphus russeli Valenciennes, 1847
  • Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858
  • Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866
  • Loligorhamphus normani Whitley, 1931

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It is one of the four recognized species of the genus Rhynchorhamphus. One of the most widespread of them, it is found from the Persian Gulf through the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal through the Western Central Pacific north to Taiwan and Hong Kong and east to New Guinea and northern Australia.[3]

This species was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847 with the type locality given as the Mumbai and Coromandel, India.[4] The specific name honours the French voyager and merchant Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883) who Valenciennes referred to as "George".[5]

References
  1. Collette, B.B. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Rhynchorhamphus georgii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T46075046A57129243. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. R. georgii - The Taxonomicon
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rhynchorhamphus georgii" in FishBase. 4 2019 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "'Hemiramphus georgii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 August 2019.


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