Hemiramphidae

Northern snubnose garfish

Arrhamphus sclerolepis

Hemiramphid Fish of Australian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Arrhamphus sclerolepis, the Northern snub-nosed garfish, is a species of halfbeak in the genus Arrhamphus found in coastal waters of the Indo-West Pacific around Papua New Guinea and Australia, and in the freshwaters of adjacent river systems. Considered a good game fish, but of little commercial value either as food or as an aquarium fish. This species is known to anglers in Australia as the snub-nosed gar.