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Hyporhamphus collettei

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Hyporhamphus collettei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Hyporhamphus
Species:
H. collettei
Binomial name
Hyporhamphus collettei

Hyporhamphus collettei is a halfbeak from the family Hemiramphidae.[2]

The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette.[3]

Found along the Western Atlantic, it is endemic to the nearshore marine waters of Bermuda.[4][2]

References

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  1. ^ Nicoas Baily, ed. (2012). "Hyporhamphus collettei". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hyporhamphus collettei". FishBase. August 2012 version.
  3. ^ 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 21 August 2019.
  4. ^ Heidi M. Banford (2010). "Hyporhamphus collettei, a new species of inshore halfbeak (Hemiramphidae) endemic to Bermuda, with comments on the biogeography of the Hyporhamphus unifasciatus species group". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 123 (4): 345–358. doi:10.2988/10-22.1.