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Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Hyporhamphus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, rhamphos = beak, bill (Ref. 45335); naos: Named for the Naos Island, Bay of Panama, where the species is common and the site ot the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Marine Laboratory..

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Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - ? m. Tropical

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Eastern Pacific: from Baja California, with strays north to San Diego, CA, south to Paita, Peru and in the Galapagos Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96012); max. published weight: 74.50 g (Ref. 96012)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 16. This species is distinguished by the following characters: dorsal and anal fin bases of adults are covered with scales; first gill arch rakers total 29-39, second gill arch rakers total 21-28; pelvic to caudal extension falls anterior to opercle and posterior to upper jaw; for continental population, pelvic to caudal distance usually 0.44-0.47 to SL; preorbital length to orbital diameter usually greater than 0.70 (in 81% of 119 specimens examined) (Ref. 42105).

Inhabits inshore, coastal and estuarine; found along sand beaches, in lower tidal streams and mangroves. Usually encountered in schools at the surface of the water (ref. 42105).

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Banford, H.M. and B.B. Collette, 2001. A new species of halfbeak, Hyporhamphus naos (Beloniformes: Hemiramphidae), from the tropical eastern Pacific. Rev. Biol. Trop. 49(1):39-49. (Ref. 42105)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2007

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00245 (0.00134 - 0.00449), b=3.11 (2.96 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).

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