Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; acqua dolce; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - ? m. Tropical
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.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 15.8, range 15 - 16.5 cm
Max length : 31.0 cm maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 10943)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 13 - 17; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 13 - 16; Vertebre: 54 - 59. Very strongly pronounced domed upper jaw which is the longest and most arched of the four species of Rhynchorhamphus.
Found in inshore waters (Ref. 75154). Enters freshwaters (Ref 13446).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Collette, B.B. and J. Su, 1986. The halfbeaks (Pisces, Beloniformes, Hemiramphidae) of the Far East. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 138(1):250-301. (Ref. 10943)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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