Meanings
plural Japanese needlefishes
- Hyporhamphus sajori.
A photograph of the Japanese needlefishes Hypohamphus sajori, that has^([sic]) a very unique figure because their chin is longer than their nose, caught with pole and line in the water column near the surface just below the chirp transducer.
2022 February 22, Dae-Jae Lee, “Separation of Spectrally Overlapped Broadband Acoustic Scattering Signals from Japanese Needlefish Hypohamphus sajori Using the Fractional Fourier Transform”, in Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, volume 55, number 2, Busan: Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2026, page 199Synonyms: Japanese halfbeak, sayori
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHyporhamphus sajori.
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Japanese needlefish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanese%20needlefish
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