Hyporhamphus affinis

Hyporhamphus affinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Family:	Hemiramphidae
Genus:	Hyporhamphus
Species:	H. affinis
Binomial name
Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
Hemiramphus affinis Günther, 1866 Hemiramphus australensis Seale, 1906 Hemirhamphus delagoae Barnard, 1925 Hyporhamphus delagoae (Barnard, 1925)

Hyporhamphus affinis, the tropical halfbeak, tropical garfish, insular halfbeak or coral reef halfbeak, is a species of schooling marine fish from the family Hemiramphidae. It is distributed through the Indo-Pacific regions and has been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea which it reached through the Suez Canal.