Quoy's garfish

Hyporhamphus quoyi

Hemiramphid Fish from Philippine Waters

Quoy's garfish is a fish of Indo-West Pacific. Records give a maximum length of 31.2 cm. Its body is an elongated body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Hyporhamphus
Maximum length: 31.2 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: in western Pacific, known from Thailand, the East Indies, Borneo, and the Philippines north to China and Nagasaki, Japan, south to New Guinea and northern half of Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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