Asian Pencil Halfbeak
Hyporhamphus intermedius
- Water temperature13–26 °C
- Best monthsJune and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Vladislav Isaev, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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: 3 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–26 °C
Photos
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Asian Pencil Halfbeak, Garfish, sea garfish
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Kurumesayori, クルメサヨリ
- Korean
- 줄공치
- Simplified Chinese
- 水針, 補網師, 間下鱵, 間下鱵魚, 间下鱵
Other scientific names: Hemirhamphus intermedius, Hemirhamphus kurumeus, Hyporhamphus kurumeus, Hyporhamphus occipitalis
Similar species
Dussumier's halfbeakHyporhamphus dussumieri
Dusky GarfishHyporhamphus melanochir
Half-beakHyporhamphus quoyi
Atlantic silverstripe halfbeakHyporhamphus unifasciatus
Acute HalfbeakHyporhamphus acutus
Tropical halfbeakHyporhamphus affinis
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).
- 38 open-data records from 1842 to 1911.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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