Oxyporhamphus
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| Oxyporhamphus | |
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| Oxyporhamphus micropterus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Hemiramphidae |
| Genus: | Oxyporhamphus Gill, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847[1] | |
Oxyporhamphus is a genus of halfbeaks from the family Hemiramphidae. This genus contains two species, one in the warmer waters of the Atlantic and the other in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]