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Hemiramphidae
longfin halfbeak
Hemiramphus saltator
Forty Eight Centimeters Hemiramphid Fish of the Pacific Ocean
The Longfin halfbeak (Hemiramphus saltator) is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Hemiramphidae native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Hemiramphidae
- Genus
- Hemiramphus
- Maximum length
- 48 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Panama, including the Galapagos Islands; rare in northern Baja California, Mexico. Range extends to Ecuador (Ref. 36576 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

