Hyporhamphus unifasciatus Common halfbeak

Hyporhamphus unifasciatus is commonly referred to as Common halfbeak. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

5180 

AphiaID:

159281 

Scientific:

Hyporhamphus unifasciatus 

German:

Halbschnäbler 

English:

Common Halfbeak 

Category:

Beloniformes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Hemiramphidae (Family) > Hyporhamphus (Genus) > unifasciatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ranzani, ), 1841 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Suriname, El Salvador, Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Comores, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 86 °F (22°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Insects, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Phytoplankton, Predatory, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hyporhamphus acutus
• 
  Hyporhamphus affinis
  Hornhecht
• Hyporhamphus australis
• Hyporhamphus balinensis
• Hyporhamphus brederi
• Hyporhamphus capensis
• Hyporhamphus collettei
• 
  Hyporhamphus dussumieri
  Halbschnäbler
• Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus
• 
  Hyporhamphus gamberur
  Rotmeer Halbschnäbler
• Hyporhamphus gernaerti
• Hyporhamphus gilli
• Hyporhamphus ihi
• Hyporhamphus improvisus
• Hyporhamphus intermedius
• Hyporhamphus limbatus
• Hyporhamphus meeki
• Hyporhamphus melanochir
• Hyporhamphus melanopterus
• Hyporhamphus mexicanus
• Hyporhamphus naos
• Hyporhamphus neglectissimus
• Hyporhamphus neglectus
• Hyporhamphus pacificus
• Hyporhamphus paucirastris
• Hyporhamphus picarti
• Hyporhamphus quoyi
• Hyporhamphus regularis
• Hyporhamphus roberti
• Hyporhamphus rosae
• Hyporhamphus sajori
• Hyporhamphus sindensis
• Hyporhamphus snyderi
• Hyporhamphus taiwanensis
• Hyporhamphus unicuspis
• 
  Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
  Halbschnäbler
• Hyporhamphus xanthopterus
• Hyporhamphus yuri
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-17 13:47:28 

Last edit:

2013-03-17 13:47:28 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Hyporhamphus unifasciatus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Hyporhamphus unifasciatus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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