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Hemiramphus far

Ie Ngolo

Spotted Halfbeak

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Spotted Halfbeak, Blackbarred Garfish, Blackbarred Halfbeak, Spotted Halfbeak; French Demi-bec Bagnard

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ie Ngolo (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa/Tonga; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native?; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: Lacking scales on snout (generic feature).

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			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

Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Esox marginatus far [O] [Hemiramphus marginatus Indian Ocean species]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.72 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 72 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.57 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 10-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 13-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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