Accepted scientific name:
Hyporhamphus gernaerti (Valenciennes, 1847) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Hyporhamphus gernaerti (Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms:
Hemiramphus gernaerti Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hemiramphus gernaerti Valenciennes, 1847
Hemiramphus intermedius (non Cantor, 1842) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Hemiramphus intermedius (non Cantor, 1842)
Hemirhamphus peitaihoensis van Dam, 1926 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hemirhamphus peitaihoensis van Dam, 1926
Common names:
Common name Language Country
水針 Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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水针 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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简氏下鱵 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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简牙下鱵鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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簡氏下鱵 Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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簡牙下鱵魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Beloniformes
Family Hemiramphidae
Genus Hyporhamphus
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: restricted to the temperate zone in coastal waters of continental China (from Peitaho in Liaotung Bay to Hong Kong), Taiwan, and Korea (Fusan).
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Collette, B.B., Data last modified by FishBase 05-Jan-2011
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=16952
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:218d8c9e-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201