Hemiramphus far

(Forsskål, 1775)

Chordata » Beloniformes » Hemiramphidae » Hemiramphus far

Common name (English)

Black-barred halfbeak, Barred Garfish

Common name (Greek)

Ημίραμφος

Common name (Turkish)

Yarımgaga balığı

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Migrated to the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. 113774 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1964

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5404

Pathway

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: State of Palestine, Israel

References

Demetropoulos A, Neocleous D (1969) The fishes and crustaceans of Cyprus. Fisheries Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fisheries Department 1: 1-21.

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10(2):109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113

iNaturalist (2025) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55268801

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6