Long billed half beak (Rhynchorhamphus georgii)

Species facts

Scientific name

Rhynchorhamphus georgii

Family

Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)

Order

Beloniformes (Needle fishes)

Class

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)

Maximum length

23.1

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic

Climate

Tropical

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: the most widespread of the four species of Rhynchorhamphus, found from Persian Gulf through Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal through the Western Central Pacific north to Taiwan and Hong Kong and east to New Guinea and northern Australia.

Conservation status (IUCN)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1)