WoRMS taxon details
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841)
159281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159281)
accepted
Species
Hemiramphus richardi Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841 · unaccepted
Hemiranphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hyporamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hyporhamphus richardi (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus Gill, 1859 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841) Ranzani, C. (1841). De nonnullis novis speciebus Piscium, Opusculum tertium. <em>Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna.</em> Anno III, Tomo V: 60-66. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Maine (USA), Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; throughout the Caribbean
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Maine (USA), Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; throughout the Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159281 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hemiramphus richardi Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
original description (of Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841) Ranzani, C. (1841). De nonnullis novis speciebus Piscium, Opusculum tertium. <em>Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna.</em> Anno III, Tomo V: 60-66. [details]
original description (of Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus Gill, 1859) Gill, T. N. (1859). Description of Hyporhamphus, a new genus of fishes allied to Hemirhamphus, Cuv. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 131. [details]
original description (of Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841) Ranzani, C. (1841). De nonnullis novis speciebus Piscium, Opusculum tertium. <em>Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna.</em> Anno III, Tomo V: 60-66. [details]
original description (of Hemiranphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841) Ranzani, C. (1841). De nonnullis novis speciebus Piscium, Opusculum tertium. <em>Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna.</em> Anno III, Tomo V: 60-66. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
original description (of Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841) Ranzani, C. (1841). De nonnullis novis speciebus Piscium, Opusculum tertium. <em>Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna.</em> Anno III, Tomo V: 60-66. [details]
original description (of Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus Gill, 1859) Gill, T. N. (1859). Description of Hyporhamphus, a new genus of fishes allied to Hemirhamphus, Cuv. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 131. [details]
original description (of Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841) Ranzani, C. (1841). De nonnullis novis speciebus Piscium, Opusculum tertium. <em>Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna.</em> Anno III, Tomo V: 60-66. [details]
original description (of Hemiranphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841) Ranzani, C. (1841). De nonnullis novis speciebus Piscium, Opusculum tertium. <em>Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna.</em> Anno III, Tomo V: 60-66. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Omnivorous, feeds on algae and other small animals [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: from Maine (USA), Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; throughout the Caribbean [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat An inshore, surface-dwelling species forming sizeable schools, frequently entering estuaries. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | common halfbeakAtlantic silverstripe halfbeak | [details] |
| Spanish | pajarito blanco del Atlántico | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hemiramphus richardi Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hyporhamphus richardi (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hyporamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus Gill, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhamphus richardi (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus Gill, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiranphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus richardi Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Hemiranphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hemiramphus richardi Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hyporhamphus richardi (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hyporamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus Gill, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhamphus richardi (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhamphus tricuspidatus Gill, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiranphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus richardi Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Hemiranphus unifasciatus Ranzani, 1841)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
