''Arrhamphus'' is a small genus of

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s from the

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Hemiramphidae Hemiramphidae is a family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish. They are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The halfbeaks are ...

from the coasts of Australia, the two species in the genus were formerly considered to be

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Species

The two species of ''Arrhamphus'' are: * '' Arrhamphus krefftii'' ( Steindachner, 1867) (Snubnose garfish) * '' Arrhamphus sclerolepis'' Günther, 1866 (Northern snubnose garfish)

References

{{taxonbar, From = Q18520976 Hemiramphidae Taxa named by Albert Günther