Hemiramphidae

Halfbeaks

61 species

1. 1Arrhamphus krefftii (Steindachner, 1867) · Snubhose garfishfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
2. 2Arrhamphus sclerolepis Günther, 1866 · Northern snubnose garfishfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
3. 3Chriodorus atherinoides Goode & Bean, 1882 · Hardhead halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
4. 4Euleptorhamphus velox Poey, 1868 · Flying halfbeakocean · tropical
5. 5Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823) · Ribbon halfbeakocean · subtropical
6. 6Hemiramphus archipelagicus Collette & Parin, 1978 · Jumping halfbeakocean · tropical · reef
7. 7Hemiramphus balao Lesueur, 1821 · Balao halfbeakbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
8. 8Hemiramphus bermudensis Collette, 1962 · Bermuda halfbeakocean · tropical
9. 9Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Ballyhoo halfbeakocean · subtropical · reef
10. 10Hemiramphus convexus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 · Halfbeakocean · tropical
11. 11Hemiramphus depauperatus Lay & Bennett, 1839 · Tropical half-beak fishocean · subtropical
12. 12Hemiramphus far (Fabricius, 1775) · Black-barred halfbeakbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
13. 13Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes, 1847 · Lutke's halfbeakbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
14. 14Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål, 1775) · Yellowtip halfbeakocean · tropical
15. 15Hemiramphus robustus Günther, 1866 · Three-by-two garfishbrackish · ocean · tropical
16. 16Hemiramphus saltator Gilbert & Starks, 1904 · Longfin halfbeakocean · subtropical
17. 17Hyporhamphus acutus (Günther, 1872) · Pacific halfbeakocean · tropical · reef
18. 18Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther, 1866) · Tropical halfbeakocean · tropical · reef
19. 19Hyporhamphus australis (Steindachner, 1866) · Eastern sea garfishbrackish · ocean · temperate
20. 20Hyporhamphus balinensis (Bleeker, 1858) · Balinese garfishocean · tropical · reef
21. 21Hyporhamphus brederi (Fernández-Yépez, 1948)fresh · tropical
22. 22Hyporhamphus capensis (Thominot, 1886) · Cape halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
23. 23Hyporhamphus collettei Banford, 2010ocean · tropical · reef
24. 24Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1847) · Dussumier's halfbeakocean · tropical · reef
25. 25Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus (Lesueur, 1821)ocean · tropical
26. 26Hyporhamphus gamberur (Rüppell, 1837) · Red Sea halfbeakocean · tropical · reef
27. 27Hyporhamphus gernaerti (Valenciennes, 1847)ocean · subtropical
28. 28Hyporhamphus gilli Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 · Choelo halfbeakocean · tropical
29. 29Hyporhamphus ihi Phillipps, 1932ocean · temperate
30. 30Hyporhamphus improvisus (Smith, 1933) · Shortfin halfbeakocean · temperate
31. 31Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor, 1842) · Asian pencil halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
32. 32Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Congaturi halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
33. 33Hyporhamphus meeki Banford & Collette, 1993 · American halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
34. 34Hyporhamphus melanochir (Valenciennes, 1847) · Southern garfishbrackish · ocean · temperate
35. 35Hyporhamphus melanopterus Collette & Parin, 1978ocean · tropical
36. 36Hyporhamphus mexicanus Álvarez, 1959 · Mexican halfbeakfresh · tropical
37. 37Hyporhamphus naos Banford & Collette, 2001 · Pacific silverstripe halfbeakbrackish · ocean · tropical
38. 38Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev, 1980 · Black-tipped garfishocean · tropical
39. 39Hyporhamphus neglectus (Bleeker, 1866)brackish · ocean · tropical
40. 40Hyporhamphus pacificus (Steindachner, 1900) · Acute halfbeakocean · tropical
41. 41Hyporhamphus paucirastris Collette & Parin, 1978ocean · tropical
42. 42Hyporhamphus picarti (Valenciennes, 1847) · African halfbeakbrackish · ocean · subtropical
43. 43Hyporhamphus quoyi (Valenciennes, 1847) · Quoy's garfishfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
44. 44Hyporhamphus regularis (Günther, 1866) · River garfishfresh · brackish · temperate
45. 45Hyporhamphus roberti (Valenciennes, 1847) · Slender halfbeakbrackish · ocean · subtropical
46. 46Hyporhamphus rosae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) · California halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
47. 47Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · Japanese halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
48. 48Hyporhamphus sindensis (Regan, 1905) · Sind halfbeakocean · subtropical
49. 49Hyporhamphus snyderi Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 · Skipper halfbeakocean · tropical
50. 50Hyporhamphus taiwanensis Collette & Su, 1986fresh · tropical
51. 51Hyporhamphus unicuspis Collette & Parin, 1978 · Simpletooth halfbeakocean · tropical
52. 52Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841) · Common halfbeakbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
53. 53Hyporhamphus xanthopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Red-tipped halfbeakfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
54. 54Hyporhamphus yuri Collette & Parin, 1978ocean · subtropical
55. 55Melapedalion breve (Seale, 1910) · Philippine snubnose halfbeakbrackish · ocean · tropical
56. 56Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Bigwing halfbeakocean · tropical
57. 57Oxyporhamphus similis Bruun, 1935 · False halfbeakocean · tropical
58. 58Rhynchorhamphus arabicus Parin & Shcherbachev, 1972 · Arabian flyingfishocean · tropical
59. 59Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847) · Long billed half beakfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
60. 60Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus Collette, 1976 · Malabar halfbeakocean · tropical
61. 61Rhynchorhamphus naga Collette, 1976ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.