Garfish
They eat small fish and have a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel, arriving a short time before the latter to spawn.They eat small fish and have a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel, arriving a short time before the latter to spawn.In the autumn, they return to the open sea, including the Atlantic west of Ireland and Great Britain.Spawning occurs in May and June among seagrass beds with the long sticky tendrils on the chorion adhering to the blades of the sea grasses.[5] The garfish is a predator which hunts in the open sea seeking out shoals of small fish such as Atlantic herring, sprats, sand eels, and even three-spined sticklebacks.
Hyporhamphus ihiHyporhamphus melanochirConservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataActinopterygiiBeloniformesBelonidaeBeloneBinomial nameLinnaeusSynonymsValenciennespelagicoceanodromousneedlefishbrackishAtlantic OceanMediterraneanCaribbeanBaltic SeasSardegnalateral linepelagic fishmackereleelgrassIrelandGreat BritainoviparousSpawningAtlantic herringspratssand eelsthree-spined sticklebacksGüntherMadeiraCanary IslandsAzoresCape VerdeBelone euxinisynonymousbycatchbiliverdinIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesFroese, RainerFishBaseEschmeyer, William N.Catalog of FishesCalifornia Academy of SciencesCollier's New EncyclopediaWikispeciesDiversityEthnoichthyologyEvolutionDiseases and parasitesFishingFisheriesEnvironmental impact of fishing- as foodFear of -Fish killHypoxia in -IchthyologyAnatomyphysiologyAge determinationAnguilliformitydermalintramembranous ossificationCleithrumChromatophoredorsal finbranchial archgill rakergill slitpharyngeal archpharyngeal slitpseudobranchGlossohyalhyomandibulapharyngeal jawLeydig's organMauthner cellMeristicsOperculumpapillarePapillaPhotophoreRoot effectShark cartilageScalesganoineSpiral valveSuckermouthSwim bladderphysoclistiphysostomepharyngealTeleost leptinsDigital LibrarySensorysystemsAmpullae of LorenziniBarbelHydrodynamic receptionElectroreception and electrogenesisJamming avoidance responseOtolithCapacity for painSchreckstoffSurface wave detectionVisionWeberian apparatusReproductionBubble nestClasperEgg caseDevelopmentIchthyoplanktonJuvenileLife history theoryMouthbrooderPolyandry