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Gardie

Hyporhamphus melanochir (Valenciennes, 1847)

Status not recordedbony fish

The gardie (Hyporhamphus melanochir) is a species in the family Hemiramphidae, order Beloniformes.

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Quick facts about the gardie

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gardie live?

Not recorded

Is the gardie endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the gardie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBeloniformes
  5. familyHemiramphidae
  6. genusHyporhamphus
  7. SpeciesHyporhamphus melanochir (Valenciennes, 1847)

Synonyms Hemiramphus melanochir, Reporhamphus melanochir

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Dusky garfishEnglish
  • Dusky sea garfishEnglish
  • GarfishEnglish
  • PencilsEnglish
  • Sea garfishEnglish
  • South Australian garfishEnglish
  • Southern garfishEnglish
  • Southern sea garfishEnglish
  • Western sea garfishEnglish
  • polozobánka jihomořskáCzech
  • ミナミオーストラリアサヨリJapanese
  • Meia-agulha-australianoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gardie

Other species in the same genus Hyporhamphus.

Halfbeak

Hyporhamphus sajori

HemiramphidaeNo free photo yet

Piper

Hyporhamphus ihi

HemiramphidaeNo free photo yet

Garfish

Hyporhamphus intermedius

HemiramphidaeNo free photo yet

CompareGardie vs HalfbeakGardie vs Tropical garfishGardie vs Congaturi halfbeakGardie vs Piper

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the gardie?

The gardie (Hyporhamphus melanochir) belongs to the family Hemiramphidae in the order Beloniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gardie (Hyporhamphus melanochir). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gardie

MLA

“Gardie (Hyporhamphus melanochir).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gardie.

BibTeX
@misc{gardie_2026,
  title = {Gardie (Hyporhamphus melanochir)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gardie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}