Pi64 and Pi143 Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Duckbill garfish)

 Pi64 and Pi143                           Rhynchorhamphus georgii  (Duckbill garfish)

 

Phylum : Chordata

Class       : Actinopterygii  

Order      : Beloniformes

Family    : Hemiramphidae

Genus     : Rhynchorhamphus

Species    : R. georgii

 

 

Description

Habitats: Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic

 

Distribution and Morphology: Indo-West Pacific: the most widespread of the four species of Rhynchorhamphus, found from Persian Gulf through Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal through the Western Central Pacific north to Taiwan and Hong Kong and east to New Guinea and northern Australia.Very strongly pronounced domed upper jaw which is the longest and most arched of the four species of Rhynchorhamp.

 

 

 

IUCN status: Least Concern