Ribbon halfbeak

Euleptorhamphus viridis

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–120 m
Water temperature14–29 °C
Best monthsFebruary
How commonRare

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About this species

Euleptorhamphus viridis is a species of fish in the family Hemiramphidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Euleptorhamphus viridis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 32 records
March: 11 records
April: 9 records
May: 4 records
June: 7 records
July: 8 records
August: 0 records
September: 3 records
October: 8 records
November: 7 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–120 m · Deepest record: 450 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 13 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 32 records
26–28 °C: 22 records
28–30 °C: 43 records

Names and classification

English: Ribbon halfbeak, longbeaked garfish, Long-beaked Garfish, Longfin Garfish, Long-finned Garfish, Longfinned Halfbeak, ribbon halfbeak

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: agujeta alargada
French: Demi-bec allongé
Japanese: Tozayori, トウザヨリ
Simplified Chinese: 學仔, 水針, 補網師, 長吻鱵, 長鱵, 飛烏蛇仔

Other scientific names: Euleptorhamphus brevoortii, Euleptorhamphus longicornis, Euleptorhamphus longirostris, Hemiramphus longirostris, Hemiramphus macrorhynchus, Hemiramphus tweediei, Hemiramphus viridis, Hemirhamphus elongatus, Hemirhamphus longirostris, Hemirhamphus viridis

Similar species

Black-barred halfbeak
Hemiramphus far
Dussumier's halfbeak
Hyporhamphus dussumieri
Half-beak
Hyporhamphus quoyi
Atlantic silverstripe halfbeak
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
Smallwing flyingfish
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
Halfbeak
Hemiramphus convexus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
311 open-data records from 1898 to 2024.

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