barred halfbeak
Hemiramphus marginatus
- Usual depth0 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 0 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- barred halfbeak
Other scientific names: Esox marginatus, Hemirhamphus marginatus
Similar species
- Black-barred halfbeak
Hemiramphus far
- Halfbeak
Hemiramphus convexus
- Jumping Halfbeak
Arrhamphus sclerolepis
- Dussumier's halfbeak
Hyporhamphus dussumieri
- Half-beak
Hyporhamphus quoyi
- Atlantic silverstripe halfbeak
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 69 open-data records from 1775 to 2012.
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