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Halfbeak
Halfbeak Half"beak`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

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- Hemiramphidae is a family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish. They are a geographically widespread and numerically...
- The wrestling halfbeak (Dermogenys pusilla) also known as Malayan halfbeak is a species of viviparous halfbeak native to the fresh and brackish waters...
- USS Halfbeak (SS-352), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the halfbeak. Halfbeak was launched 19 February 1946 by...
- The Balao halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao), occasionally called the Balao for short, is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Hemiramphidae. It was...
- The American halfbeak (Hyporhamphus m****i), also known as M****'s halfbeak, is a halfbeak from the family Hemiramphidae. Its specific name is in honor...
- Hyporhamphus is a genus of halfbeaks. The species in this genus are distributed throughout the warmer seas of the world, most species being Indo-Pacific...
- The Philippine snubnose halfbeak (Melapedalion breve) is a species of halfbeak. It is a coastal species that originates from the South China and Sulu Seas...
- Gangetic halfbeak Dermogenys pusilla (native), Freshwater halfbeak, Wrestling halfbeak Euleptorhamphus viridis (native), Ribbon halfbeak Hemiramphus...
- The Congaturi halfbeak (Hyporhamphus limbatus), also known as the Valenciennes halfbeak, is a potamodromous species of fish in the family Hemiramphidae...
- The Dussumier's halfbeak (Hyporhamphus dussumieri), also known as the slender garfish, lives in reefs and shallow lagoons. It is an Indo-Pacific species...