Southern Garfish, Hyporhamphus melanochir (Valenciennes, 1847)
Scientific name: Hyporhamphus melanochir
Alternative name/s:
Dusky Garfish, Dusky Sea Garfish, Gardie, Garfish, Pencils, Sea Garfish, South Australian Garfish, Southern Sea Garfish, Western Sea Garfish
Dusky Garfish, Dusky Sea Garfish, Gardie, Garfish, Pencils, Sea Garfish, South Australian Garfish, Southern Sea Garfish, Western Sea Garfish
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A Southern Garfish at a depth of 0.3 m, Sceale Bay, South Australia, 24 February 2009.
Image: David Muirhead
© David Muirhead
© David Muirhead
Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Hyporhamphus
- Species
- melanochir
- Family
- Hemiramphidae
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Superorder
- Acanthopterygii
- Subdivision
- Euteleostei
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Kingdom
- Animalia
The Southern Garfish is a pelagic species that occurs in estuarine and inshore waters from southern New South Wales and around the south of the country to south-western Western Australia.
