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Dusky Sea Garfish

Hyporhamphus melanochir

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 8, February 13, March 10, April 8, May 6, June 10, July 51, August 75, September 19, October 16, November 5, December 8.
Australia229
South Australia191
Victoria15
New South Wales12
Western Australia8
Tasmania2
Queensland1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderNeedlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies · Beloniformes
FamilyHalfbeaks · Hemiramphidae
GenusHyporhamphus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Dusky Sea Garfish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.