Neglected Garfish, Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev 1980

Other Names: Australian Neglected Halfbeak, Gaimard's Garfish

Illustration of a Neglected Garfish, Hyporhamphus neglectissimus, from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory - USNM 173791. Source: Fig 14 in Collette 1974 The garfishes (Hemiramphidae) of Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 29(2): 11–105.. License: All rights reserved

Summary:

A small garfish

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Bray, D.J. 2024, Hyporhamphus neglectissimus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 15 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4085

Neglected Garfish, Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev 1980

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Distribution	Broome, Western Australia, to the Burnett River, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in New Guinea. Often found in turbid inshore waters.
Features	Dorsal fin 13-16; Anal fin 14-17; Pectoral fin 10-12. Gill-rakers first arch (7-II) + (17-24) = 25-33, second arch (2-5) + (15-19) = 18-24; Vertebrae (31-35) + (16-19) = 47-53. Maximum body depth much greater than maximum body width. Preorbital canal simple, posterior branch absent. Upper jaw wider than long; lower jaw moderate in length, slightly shorter than head length in adults, longer in juveniles. Dorsal-fin base length equal to or greater than length of anal-fin base; pelvic fins inserted far forward; caudal fin emarginate, not forked.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin neglectissimus (= most neglected, unnoticed), in reference to the confusion of this species with Hyporhamphus neglectus, which had previously been confused with Hyporhamphus quoyi (as Hemiramphus gaimardi).
Species Citation	Hyporhamphus (Hyporhamphus) neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev 1980, Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 97: 34, fig. 5. Type locality: Port Lae, New Guinea.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2024
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory Atlas of Living Australia Catalog of Fishes

Neglected Garfish, Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev 1980

References

Collette, B.B. 1974. The garfishes (Hemiramphidae) of Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 29(2): 11-105 figs 1-23 (as Hyporhamphus neglectus) https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1974.231

Collette, B.B. 1999. Family Hemiramphidae. pp. 2180-2196 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.

Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 (as Hyporhamphus gaimardi)

Parin, N.V., Collette, B.B. & Shcherbachev, Y.N. 1980. Preliminary review of the marine halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae, Beloniformes) of the tropical Indo-west Pacific. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 97: 7-173 figs 1-47 [in Russian]

Taylor, W.R. 1964. Fishes of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4: 44-307 figs 1-68 (as Hyporhamphus gaimardi)