Hyporhamphus melanochir, or Southern garfish or (in Australia) garfish, is a halfbeak garfish from the family Hemiramphidae.[2] It is found in southern Australian and New Zealand waters.[3] It is a very popular fish for recreational fishing and eating in Australia, where it is referred to simply as 'garfish' or 'gar'.[4]
hyporhamphus, melanochir, southern, garfish, australia, garfish, halfbeak, garfish, from, family, hemiramphidae, found, southern, australian, zealand, waters, very, popular, fish, recreational, fishing, eating, australia, where, referred, simply, garfish, sout. Hyporhamphus melanochir or Southern garfish or in Australia garfish is a halfbeak garfish from the family Hemiramphidae 2 It is found in southern Australian and New Zealand waters 3 It is a very popular fish for recreational fishing and eating in Australia where it is referred to simply as garfish or gar 4 Southern sea garfish Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Beloniformes Family Hemiramphidae Genus Hyporhamphus Species H melanochir Binomial name Hyporhamphus melanochirValenciennes 1847 1 Hyporhamphus melanochir illustration by Frank Edward ClarkeReferences edit Hyporhamphus melanochir The Taxonomicon Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2021 Hyporhamphus melanochir in FishBase 2 2021 version Hyporhamphus melanochir Atlas of Living Australia Retrieved February 24 2021 Hyporhamphus melanochir fishesofaustralia net au Retrieved 2023 12 14 Southern Garfish Hyporhamphus melanochir Valenciennes 1847 fishesofaustralia net au nbsp This order Beloniformes related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hyporhamphus melanochir amp oldid 1189867518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
