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Halfbeak
Halfbeak Half"beak`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

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- and fossil halfbeaks are distinguished by the fusion of the third pair of upper pharyngeal bones into a plate. The phylogeny of the halfbeaks is in a state...
- Exocoetidae (flyingfishes) Hemiramphidae (halfbeaks) Scomberesocidae (sauries) Zenarchopteridae (viviparous halfbeaks) With the exception of the Adrianichthyidae...
- surface of the water. As with all halfbeaks, the upper jaw lifts upwards when the fish is opening its mouth. Wrestling halfbeaks are livebearing fish, the females...
- USS Halfbeak (SS-352), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the halfbeak. Halfbeak was launched 19 February 1946 by...
- Zenarchopterus Gill, 1864 Viviparous halfbeaks vary in social behavior from open water schooling fish similar to the marine halfbeaks (family Hemiramphidae), as...
- fishes that comprises three families, the flying fishes, the halfbeaks and the viviparous halfbeaks. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters around...
- Name Binomial Sinhala Name Jumping halfbeak Hemiramphus archipelagicus Morallaa (මොරල්ලා) Congaturi halfbeak Hyporhamphus limbatus Morallaa (මොරල්ලා)...
- The Dussumier's halfbeak (Hyporhamphus dussumieri), also known as the slender garfish, lives in reefs and shallow lagoons. It is an Indo-Pacific species...
- provide them with any nutrients. In contrast, fish such as splitfins and halfbeaks are viviparous, with the eggs receiving food from the maternal blood supply...
- and buntingis (1 family) Suborder Belonoidei – sauries, needlefishes, halfbeaks and flyingfishes (5 families) Order Cyprinodontiformes Suborder Aplocheiloidei...