Hyporhamphus collettei
Hyporhamphus collettei is a halfbeak from the family Hemiramphidae.[2]
| Hyporhamphus collettei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Hemiramphidae |
| Genus: | Hyporhamphus |
| Species: | H. collettei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyporhamphus collettei | |
The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette.[3]
Found along the Western Atlantic, it is endemic to the nearshore marine waters of Bermuda.[4][2]
References
- Nicoas Baily, ed. (2012). "Hyporhamphus collettei". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Hyporhamphus collettei" in FishBase. 8 2012 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- Heidi M. Banford (2010). "Hyporhamphus collettei, a new species of inshore halfbeak (Hemiramphidae) endemic to Bermuda, with comments on the biogeography of the Hyporhamphus unifasciatus species group". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 123 (4): 345–358. doi:10.2988/10-22.1.
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