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Hemiramphus

Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hemiramphus
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Hemiramphus is a genus of schooling marine fish commonly called halfbeaks, garfish, or ballyhoos, and are members of the family Hemiramphidae. They inhabit the surface of warm temperate and tropical sea, and feed on algae, plankton, and smaller fish. Hemiramphus species are edible but are more important as food fish for larger predatory species including dolphinfish and billfish.

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Species

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A young blackbarred halfbeak (Hemiramphus far).

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[3]

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