Genus of fishes

Zenarchopterus

Zenarchopterus dunckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Beloniformes
Family:  | Zenarchopteridae
Genus:  | Zenarchopterus
T. N. Gill, 1864
Type species
Hemiramphus dispar

Valenciennes, 1847

Zenarchopterus is a genus of viviparous halfbeaks. These fish are found in marine, brackish and fresh water of the Indo-Pacific region. Despite being in the viviparous halfbeak family, Zenarchopterus species are oviparous.[1]

## Species[edit]

There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[2]

* Zenarchopterus alleni Collette, 1982 (Allen's river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes, 1847) (Buffon's river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus caudovittatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Long-jawed river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus clarus Mohr, 1926
* Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes, 1847) (Feathered river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus dunckeri Mohr, 1926 (Duncker's river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus dux Seale, 1910
* Zenarchopterus ectuntio (F. Hamilton, 1822)
* Zenarchopterus gilli H. M. Smith, 1945 (Viviparous halfbeak)
* Zenarchopterus kampeni (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sepik River halfbeak)
* Zenarchopterus novaeguineae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Fly River garfish)
* Zenarchopterus ornithocephala Collette, 1985 (Vogelkop river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus pappenheimi Mohr, 1926 (Bangkok halfbeak)
* Zenarchopterus philippinus (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
* Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus Mohr, 1926
* Zenarchopterus rasori (Popta, 1912) (Short river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus robertsi Collette, 1982 (Robert's river garfish)
* Zenarchopterus striga (Blyth, 1858) (Hooghly halfbeak)
* Zenarchopterus xiphophorus Mohr, 1934

## References[edit]

1. ^ Berra, T.M. (2001). Freshwater Fish Distribution. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-12-093156-9
2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zenarchopterus in FishBase. August 2012 version.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2601423
* Wikispecies: Zenarchopterus
* AFD: Zenarchopterus
* BOLD: 140529
* GBIF: 2368768
* iNaturalist: 92920
* IRMNG: 1209614
* ITIS: 165529
* NCBI: 131628
* WoRMS: 205060

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