| Zenarchopteridae | |
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| Female Dermogenys sumatrana a day or so before giving birth. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Superfamily: | Exocoetoidea |
| Family: | Zenarchopteridae Fowler, 1934 |
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Zenarchopteridae, the viviparous halfbeaks, is a family in the order Beloniformes. The Zenarchopteridae exhibit strong sexual dimorphism, practicing internal fertilisation, and in some cases ovoviviparous or viviparous (the family also includes oviparous species).[2][3] The members in the family are mainly found in fresh and brackish water of tropical Asia and New Guinea, but the genus Zenarchopterus also includes marine species from the Indo-Pacific. Several, such as the wrestling halfbeak, have become commonly traded aquarium fish.[4]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Zenarchopteridae". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Berra, T.M. (2001). Freshwater Fish Distribution. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-12-093156-9
- ^ Tan, H.H. & Lim, K.K.P. (2013). Three new species of freshwater halfbeaks (Teleostei: Zenarchopteridae: Hemirhamphodon) from Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 735–747.
- ^ Collette, Bruce B. (February 2004). "Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 – Halfbeaks" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklist of Fishes.