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WoRMS taxon details

Rhynchorhamphus Fowler, 1928

AphiaID

205576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205576)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hemiramphidae Gill, 1859

Synonymised names

Loligorhamphus Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Rhynchorhamphus arabicus Parin & Shcherbachev, 1972
Species Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847)
Species Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus Collette, 1976
Species Rhynchorhamphus naga Collette, 1976
Species Rhynchorhamphus malabarica Collette, 1976 accepted as Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus Collette, 1976 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhynchorhamphus Fowler, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205576 on 2026-10-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]