Genus Hemiramphus Cuvier, 1816

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Hemiramphus Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. [186].

  Type species:

   Esox brasiliensis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gill, T.N. 1863. Note on the genera of Hemirhamphinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15(5,6): 272 [272].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

HEMIRAMPHIDAE: Hemiramphus marginatus Forsskål, 1775 — Collette, B.B. 1974. The garfishes (Hemiramphidae) of Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 29(2): 11-105 figs 1-23 [43] (Australian records based on misidentifications of H. robustus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Temperate, tropical, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Collette, B.B. 1974. The garfishes (Hemiramphidae) of Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 29(2): 11-105 figs 1-23

Collette, B.B. 1999. Family Hemiramphidae. pp. 2180-2196 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	BELONIFORMES	29-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED