Ribbon halfbeak
Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823)
Also calledDemi-bec allongé (fra) · Meia-agulha-verde (por) · Tozayori (jpn) · agujeta alargada (spa) · polozobánka zelená (ces) · Океанический индо-тихоокеанский полурыл (rus) · トウザヨリ (jpn) · 學仔 (zho) · 水針 (zho) · 補網師 (zho) · 長吻鱵 (zho) · 長鱵 (zho) · 飛烏蛇仔 (zho)
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description
Ribbon Halfbeak. To 53 cm (20.9 in) TL (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995). Indo-Pacific (Collette 2004); western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Easter Island (Pequeño 1989), including lower Gulf of California (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Epipelagic, at and near surface (Fricke et al. 2019). Euleptorhamphus longirostris (Cuvier, 1829) is a junior synonym.
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 3. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Panama, north to southern Japan and Hawaiian Islands, south to New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Oceanic, pelagic, but entering large bays and found inshore near islands, 0 – 1 m depth. Marine.
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materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from off Cape St. George, New Ireland as Euleptorhamphus longirostris by Munro (1958: 136 – 137).
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2368735.