Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 79

Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866) —Tropical halfbeak

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from southern New Ireland by Parin et al. (1980: 59).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 3.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to New Caledonia; immigrated into Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal. Found in schools, mainly above coral reefs, 0– 6 m depth. Marine.