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Halimochirurgus
Halimochirurgus is a small genus of spikefishes native to the deep waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Alcock's Spikefish
speciesHalimochirurgus alcocki
Longsnout Spikefish
speciesHalimochirurgus centriscoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88707.