New Zealand piper

Hyporhamphus ihi

Fish Reaching Twenty Six Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

Hyporhamphus ihi, known as garfish, piper or by its Māori name takeke, is a halfbeak found all around New Zealand in shallow inshore waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Hyporhamphus
Maximum length: 26 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: restricted to New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.

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