WoRMS taxon details
Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847)
220015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220015)
accepted
Species
Hemiramphus eclancheri Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hemiramphus leucopterus Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hemiramphus russeli Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hemirhamphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hyporhamphus georgi (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Hyporhampus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Loligorhamphus normani Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hemiramphus georgii 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220015 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hemiramphus eclancheri 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 georgii 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 leucopterus 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 russeli 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 Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858) Blyth, E. (1858). Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 27(3): 267-290.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Loligorhamphus normani Whitley, 1931) Whitley, G. P. (1931). Studies in ichthyology. No. 4. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 18 (no. 3): 96-133, Pls. 9-16. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Hemiramphus georgii 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 leucopterus 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 russeli 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 Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858) Blyth, E. (1858). Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 27(3): 267-290.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Loligorhamphus normani Whitley, 1931) Whitley, G. P. (1931). Studies in ichthyology. No. 4. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 18 (no. 3): 96-133, Pls. 9-16. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus leucopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus eclancheri Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchorhamphus georgii)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhamphus georgi (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus russeli Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus eclancheri Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus leucopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhampus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Loligorhamphus normani Whitley, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhynchorhamphus georgii FIN029099 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhynchorhamphus georgii FIN029099B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus leucopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus eclancheri Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchorhamphus georgii)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhamphus georgi (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus russeli Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus cantori Bleeker, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus eclancheri Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus leucopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporhampus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Loligorhamphus normani Whitley, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus plumatus Blyth, 1858)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Hemiramphus georgii Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhynchorhamphus georgii FIN029099 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhynchorhamphus georgii FIN029099B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS