Euleptorhamphus is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of halfbeak

Halfbeak

The halfbeaks are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The family Hemiramphidae is divided into two subfamilies, the primarily marine Hemiramphinae and the freshwater or estuarine Zenarchopterinae...

s (family

Family (biology)

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 Hemiramphidae) in the order

Order (biology)

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 Beloniformes

Beloniformes

The Beloniformes are an order of five families of freshwater and marine ray-finned fish: the Adrianichthyidae ; Belonidae ; Exocoetidae ; Hemiramphidae ; and the Scomberesocidae...

. It includes two species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

, the flying halfbeak, E. velox, and the ribbon halfbeak, E. viridis.

Both of these species are marine

Marine (ocean)

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. E. velox occurs in coastal and oceanic waters from the western Atlantic from New England

New England

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 south through the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

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 and Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

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 to Recife

Recife

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, Brazil

Brazil

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 and eastern Atlantic from the Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

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, and Nigeria

Nigeria

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. E. viridis is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific

Indo-Pacific

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. It is usually oceanic, but enters large open bays and is also found around islands.

E. velox may reach up to 61.0 centimetres (24.0 in) TL

Fish measurement

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. E. viridis may grow up to 53.0 cm (20.9 in) TL.

E. viridis is able to jump out of the water and glide over the surface.