Arrhamphus krefftii

Arrhamphus krefftii, the snub-nosed garfish, is a species of halfbeak in the genus Arrhamphus found in coastal waters of Australia from south of Rockhampton in Queensland to Sydney.[1] The identity of the person honoured in the specific name is uncertain but it is thought that it may be the Australian zoologist and paleontologist Gerard Krefft (1830–1881).[2] This species was previously classified as a subspecies of Arrhamphus sclerolepis, and remains so according to some authorities.[3] This species is a herbivore and eats seagrass during the day.[4] At night, it is a carnivore, eating mainly crustaceans.[4]

Arrhamphus krefftii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Arrhamphus
Species:
A. krefftii
Binomial name
Arrhamphus krefftii
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemiramphus kreftii Steindachner, 1867
  • Arrhamphus sclerolepis krefftii (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Hemirhamphus breviceps Castelnau, 1878

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Arrhamphus krefftii" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemiramphus krefftii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. Waltham, Nathan J.; Connolly, Rod M. (March 2006). "Trophic strategies of garfish, Arrhamphus sclerolepis, in natural coastal wetlands and artificial urban waterways". Marine Biology. 148 (5): 1135–1141. doi:10.1007/s00227-005-0154-7. ISSN 0025-3162. S2CID 3897777.


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