WoRMS taxon details
Hyporhamphus meeki Banford & Collette, 1993
159280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159280)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Banford, H. M.; Collette, B. B. (1993). Hyporhamphus meeki, a new species of halfbeak (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 106(2): 369-384. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Yucatán, Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Yucatán, Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Hyporhamphus meeki Banford & Collette, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159280 on 2023-02-02
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original description
Banford, H. M.; Collette, B. B. (1993). Hyporhamphus meeki, a new species of halfbeak (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 106(2): 369-384. [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
From other sources
Diet Feeds on algae and small organisms [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Yucatán, Mexico [details]
Habitat Found inshore, over sandy, vegetated areas. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | false silverstripe halfbeakAmerican halfbeak | [details] |
Spanish | agujeta flaca | [details] |