- 학공치 Halfbeak
. 학명; Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
. 서식지; 따뜻한 물의 수심 5미터 이내
. 통명; 학공치
. 특징; 길쭉한 원통형으로 길이가 깊이의 8배내외이고 양쪽 끝이 다소 가늘어지는 몸
. 먹이와 요리법; 훈제나 스튜로 섭취
1 학명과 서식지
- 학명; Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
- 서식지
. 온도와 깊이; 따뜻한 물의 수심 5미터 이내
. 지역; 서대서양의 멕시코만을 중심으로 아열대 해역과 강어귀
Halfbeaks are closely related to flyingfish and needlefish. These sparkling, silvery fish travel in schools and are abundant in warm seas. They are important food fish for pelagic species, especially for billfish, and are used as rigged trolling bait for big-game fish encountered in blue water.
2 통명
- 영어; Halfbeak
- 한글; 학공치
3 개요
- 길이; 30센티이내,
A halfbeak’s body is elongated, rounded, and flattened from side to side only in the tail region. The dorsal and the anal fins are located far to the rear and directly opposite each other. In halfbeaks, only the lower jaw is long; the upper jaw is of normal length. Halfbeaks commonly leap or scoot rapidly across the surface, with only their tail vibrating in the water.
4 특징
- 길쭉한 원통형으로 길이가 깊이의 8배내외이고 양쪽 끝이 다소 가늘어지는 몸
- 아래턱은 길고 위턱은 짧으며 날카로운 이빨이 많다
- 등지느러미는 15연조고 뒷지느러미는 16연조
- 은빛 광택이 있는 진 녹색에 등 위에 3개의 검은 세로줄
The balao (Hemiramphus balao) ranges from New York to the Gulf of Mexico and southward to Brazil, including the Caribbean. It averages 8 to 10 inches in length and can grow to 16 inches. The ballyhoo (Hemiramphus brasiliensis) is common off the Florida coast and in the Caribbean, traveling northward along the eastern coast and occasionally as far north as Massachusetts in summer. It ranges as far south as Brazil, averages 6 to 10 inches in length, and is closely related to the longfin halfbeak (H. saltator) of the Pacific.
5 먹이와 요리법
- 먹이; 잡식성으로 조류, 해초, 무척추 동물과, 작은 물고기 등
- 날치와 유사하게 떼를 지어 서식
- 꼬리만 물속에 진동하면서 표면을 빠르게 뛰어이동
- 식용가능하나 낚시 미끼로 인기
- 다른 낚시중에 우연히 포획
- 튀겨서, 말려서, 훈제나 스튜로 섭취
The halfbeak (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus), which attains 12 inches, lives in the same area of the Atlantic as the ballyhoo but occurs also in the Pacific from Point Conception southward to Peru, including the Galápagos Islands. The elated California halfbeak (H. rosae) is smaller, rarely more than 6 inches long.
Included among the Pacific halfbeaks off the coast of North America is the ribbon halfbeak (Euleptorhamphus viridis), which grows to as much as 18 inches and has long pectoral fins, and the smaller flying halfbeak (E. velox), which ranges from the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil in the western Atlantic.