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Non-monophyletic taxon:
Family
Hemiramphidae
Gill, 1859
- halfbeaks
(fish)
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Entity:
Exocoetoidea (Superfamily)
..Exocoetidae (Family) - flyingfishes
..Zenarchopteridae (Family) - internally fertilized halfbeaks
..Hemiramphidae (Family) - halfbeaks
....Arrhamphus (Genus)
....Chriodorus (Genus)
....Euleptorhamphus (Genus)
....Hemiramphus (Genus)
....Hyporhamphus (Genus)
....Melapedalion (Genus)
....Oxyporhamphus (Genus)
....Rhynchorhamphus (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Hemiramphinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1859
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 280.
[inferred]
Type
:
Hemiramphus
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1816
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 279.
Type
:
Hemirhamphus
(Genus)
Voigt, 1832
Variants
Former rank
:
Hemiramphinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1859
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
[inferred]
Different spelling
:
Hemirhamphidae
(Family)
Synonyms
In
:
Exocoetidae
(Family)
Risso, 1827
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: App. (p. 607).
Including
:
Oxyporhamphinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 8 Jul 2025; 27 Jul 2025.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
halfsnavelbekken
:
bastaardgepen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
halfbeaks
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 366; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
halfbeaks
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2470.
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28 Aug 2026