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Ribbon halfbeak
Euleptorhamphus viridis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ribbon halfbeak
- Scientific
- Euleptorhamphus viridis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 53 cm (total length); commonly 30 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean, near the surface and in mid-water, recorded from 0 to 1 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A long, ribbon-like halfbeak with an elongated lower jaw, blue-green above and silvery below, reaching about 53 cm. It lives near the surface around islands and can leap and glide like a flyingfish.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Euleptorhamphus-viridis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Euleptorhamphus_viridus.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.