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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderBeloniformes
  4. ›familyHemiramphidae
  5. ›genusHyporhamphus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Choelo halfbeak

Hyporhamphus gilli Meek & Hildebrand, 1923

Also calledAgujeta choelo (spa) · Choca (spa) · Meia-agulha-de-Cortez (por) · pajarito cholo (spa) · polozobánka Gillova (ces)

First described in: Meek, S. E.; Hildebrand, S. F. (1923). The marine fishes of Panama. Part I. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 15 (publ. 215): i-xi + 1-330, Pls. 1-24.

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description

Choelo Halfbeak. To 21 cm (8.3 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Bahía Abreojos, southern Baja California (26 ° 42 ’ N, 113 ° 35 ’ W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Talara, northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: intertidal (Personal communication: Academy of Natural Sciences Fish Collection, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), surface (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2368830.