| Euleptorhamphus Temporal range: 11–0 Ma Late Miocene to Present[1] |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Hemiramphidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemiramphinae |
| Genus: | Euleptorhamphus Gill, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Euleptorhamphus brevoortii Gill, 1859 |
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| Binomial name | |
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Euleptorhamphus velox |
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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]