Half-beak
Hyporhamphus quoyi
- Usual depth0–2 m
- Water temperature17–30 °C
- Best monthsMay and October
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 149 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 12 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 13 records
- October: 92 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–2 m · Deepest record: 4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Half-beak, Long-tailed Garfish, Longtail garfish, Quoy's Garfish, Quoy's halfbeak, Sea garfish, shortnosed garfish, Short-nosed garfish, Short-nosed halfbeak, Shortnose Garfish
Names in 6 more languages
- Spanish
- Agujeta de Quoy
- Filipino
- Buging, Bugiw, Kansusuit, Kansusuwit, Siliw
- French
- Demi-bec de Quoy
- Japanese
- Sennin-sayori, Senninsayori, センニンサヨリ
- Korean
- 살공치
- Thai
- Kathungheothaepngoen, ปลาตับเต่าปากสั้น
Other scientific names: Hemiramphus gaimardi, Hemiramphus melanurus, Hemiramphus micropterus, Hemiramphus mioprorus, Hemiramphus quoye, Hemiramphus quoyi, Hemirhamphus gaimard, Hemirhamphus gaimardi, Hemirhamphus melanurus, Hemirhamphus quoyi, Hyporamphus gaimardi, Hyporhampus quoyi, Reporhamphus caudalis
Similar species
- Dussumier's halfbeak
Hyporhamphus dussumieri
- Atlantic silverstripe halfbeak
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
- Tropical halfbeak
Hyporhamphus affinis
- Balinese Garfish
Hyporhamphus balinensis
- Jumping Halfbeak
Arrhamphus sclerolepis
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).
- 516 open-data records from 1846 to 2023.
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