Euleptorhamphus

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Euleptorhamphus
Fossil range: Late Miocene to Present[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Subfamily: Hemiramphinae
Genus: Euleptorhamphus
Gill, 1859
Type species
Euleptorhamphus brevoortii
Gill, 1859
Binomial name

Euleptorhamphus velox
Poey, 1868
Euleptorhamphus viridis
(van Hasselt, 1823)

Euleptorhamphus is a genus of halfbeaks (family Hemiramphidae) in the order Beloniformes. It includes two species, the flying halfbeak, E. velox, and the ribbon halfbeak, E. viridis.[2][3][4]

Both of these species are marine. E. velox occurs in coastal and oceanic waters from the western Atlantic from New England south through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to Recife, Brazil and eastern Atlantic from the Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.[2][3] E. viridis is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific.[2] It is usually oceanic, but enters large open bays and is also found around islands.[4]

E. velox may reach up to 61.0 centimetres (24.0 in) TL.[3] E. viridis may grow up to 53.0 cm (20.9 in) TL.[4]

E. viridis is able to jump out of the water and glide over the surface.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 
  2. ^ a b c Collette, Bruce B. (February 2004). Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 -- halfbeaks (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklist of Fishes.
  3. ^ a b c "Euleptorhamphus velox". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Aug 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d "Euleptorhamphus viridis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Aug 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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