Hemiramphus

Taxobox
name = "Hemiramphus"

---

image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Beloniformes
familia = Hemiramphidae
genus = "Hemiramphus"
genus_authority = Cuvier, 1816
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Hemiramphus" is a genus of schooling marine fish commonly called halfbeaks, garfish, or ballyhoos, and are members of the family Hemiramphidae. They inhabit the surface of warm temperate and tropical sea, and feed on algae, plankton, and smaller fish. "Hemiramphus" species are edible but are more important as food fish for larger predatory species including dolphinfish and billfish.

Species

"Hemiramphus brasiliensis" - Ballyhoo
"Hemiramphus balao" - Balao halfbeak
"Hemiramphus far" - Blackbarred halfbeak
"Hemiramphus lutkei""Hemiramphus marginatus" - Yellowtip halfbeak
"Hemiramphus robustus" - Three-by-two garpike
"Hemiramphus saltator" - Longfin halfbeak

References

*FishBase genus|genus=Hemiramphus|year=2007|month=Mar