Jamaica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality Port Antonio and Kingston (Ref. 27228).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/jamaica-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Collette, B.B., 1978
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Demi-bec blanc, Agujeta blanca, Silverstripe halfbeak, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Hyporhamphus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, rhamphos = beak, bill (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 5227). Subtropical; 45°N - 40°S, 98°W - 32°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology