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Rhynchorhamphus arabicus

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Rhynchorhamphus arabicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Rhynchorhamphus
Species:
R. arabicus
Binomial name
Rhynchorhamphus arabicus

Rhynchorhamphus arabicus or Arabian flyingfish is a halfbeak of the family Hemiramphidae of the order Beloniformes.

It is one of the four recognized species of the genus Rhynchorhamphus and can be found in the Western Indian Ocean, near Yemen and Somalia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ R. arabicus - The Taxonomicon
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhynchorhamphus arabicus". FishBase. August 2012 version.

Further reading

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Collette, Bruce (January 1976). "Indo-West Pacific Halfbeaks (hemiramphidae) of The Genus Rhynchorhamphus with Descriptions of Two New Species". Bulletin. 26 (1): 72–98. Ritland, Kermit; Leblanc, Marissa; B., Collette (December 2004). "Mating system of four inbreeding monkeyflower (Mimulus) species revealed using 'progeny-pair' analysis of highly informative microsatellite markers". Plant Species Biology. 19 (3): 72–98, 149–157. doi:10.1111/j.1442-1984.2004.00111.x.</ref>