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Long billed half beak
Rhynchorhamphus georgii
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Long billed half beak
- Scientific
- Rhynchorhamphus georgii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 31 cm (male)
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2020
Description
A halfbeak with a long beak-like lower jaw, reaching about 31 cm, living in inshore waters.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Rhynchorhamphus-georgii.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Rhynchorhamphus_georgii_-_കൊയല.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.