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Species profile—Zenarchopterus buffonis (northern river garfish)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Hemiramphidae (garfish or halfbeaks) → Zenarchopterus buffonis (northern river garfish)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Family
Hemiramphidae (garfish or halfbeaks)
Scientific name
Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes, 1847)
Common name
northern river garfish
Type reference
Valenciennes, A. (1987) in Cuvier, G. and Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvieme. Suite du livre dix-neuvieme. Brochets ou Lucioides. Livre vingtieme. De quelques familles de Malacopterygiens, intermediaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp.
WildNet taxon ID
31514
Synonym(s)
Hemiramphus buffonis
Hemirhamphus buffonis
Zenarchopterus buffoni
Alternate name(s)
Buffon's river-garfish
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=31514.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024