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Euleptorhamphus viridis

Miromiro

Longfin Halfbeak

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Longfin Halfbeak, Long-finned Garfish, Green Halfbeak, Ribbon Halfbeak; French Demi-bec allongé

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Miromiro (RR MG AT), Pāpā (MT), Ise Pā (TS TW), Ihe (MH), Ie Pā (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, to Cooks - ?

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; A fish of the open ocean, capable of guiding more than 20m clear of the water, and can taxi more than 50m. PLUS: ; Marine, pelagic

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food

KEY FEATURES: Extremely elongate to 50cm, ribbonlike. Very long lower jaw, short upper jaw. Very large Pectoral fins, reaching halfway to ventrals. Tail deeply forked, elongated lower lobe. Pale blue above, silvery sides and below.

SIMILAR SPECIES: A very distinctive fish.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P			P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823)
SYNONYMS: Hemiramphus viridis [O]; Hemiramphus longirostris

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Beloniformes; Belonoidei; Exocoetoidea; HEMIRAMPHIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food. Comments: Caught at night when scoop-netting flyingfishes.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 2 specimens scoop-netted lampfishing off Nikao, to BPBM (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
plate 13-08 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 170 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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