flatsided garfish
Hemiramphus robustus
- Usual depth0–17 m
- Water temperature16–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–17 m · Deepest record: 17 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- flatsided garfish, Flat-sided Garfish, Robust Garfish, three-by-two garfish, Three By Two Garfish, Welsby's Garfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- カクザヨリ
Other scientific names: Hemirhamphus robustus, Hemirhamphus welsbyi
Similar species
Black-barred halfbeakHemiramphus far
Lutke's halbeakHemiramphus lutkei
Polynesian HalfbeakHemiramphus depauperatus
- Jumping halfbeak
Hemiramphus archipelagicus
- Halfbeak
Hemiramphus convexus
- barred halfbeak
Hemiramphus marginatus
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).
- 90 open-data records from 1906 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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