Balinese garfish

Hyporhamphus balinensis

Hemiramphid Fish beneath the Red Sea

Balinese garfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Hyporhamphus
Maximum length: 16.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: widespread from the Mozambique channel and southern part of the Red Sea through the Western Central Pacific east to Samoa.

Report a correction