Hemiramphidae

Snubhose garfish

Arrhamphus krefftii

• Temperate
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Arrhamphus krefftii, the snub-nosed garfish, is a species of halfbeak in the genus Arrhamphus found in coastal waters of Australia from south of Rockhampton in Queensland to Sydney. The identity of the person honoured in the specific name is uncertain but it is thought that it may be the Australian zoologist and paleontologist Gerard Krefft (1830–1881). This species was previously classified as a subspecies of Arrhamphus sclerolepis, and remains so according to some authorities.