Family : Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks) , subfamily: Hemiramphinae
Order : Beloniformes  (needle fishes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Bigwing halfbeak
Fish Name : Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus
Max size : 18.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9843)
Environment : pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous ; depth range 0 - 1 m
Climate : tropical; 20°N - 20°S
Global Importance :
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.0)Distribution : Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Tonga, north to southern Japan (Ref. 33390). Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru (Ref. 9306). Replaced in the Atlantic by Oxyporhamphus micropterus similis.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 13-16; Vertebrae: 47-50. Adults with a single large chamber to the swim bladder. Average number of gill rakers on the first arch, 30.7; predorsal scales, 31.1 on the average. Branchiostegal rays: 11-14 (Ref. 36576).
Biology : A true oceanic species, not bound to coastal waters at any period of its life (Ref. 9843).This species is the only halfbeak that doesn't have an extended lower jaw at the adult phase (Ref. 9306). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36576)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B.
Main Ref : Collette, B.B.. 1986. (Ref. 4164)

India country information
Common Names : പരവ, Parava
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses