Description: English: Location taken: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Names: Hemiramphus balao Lesueur, 1821, Abu minkar, Águila colorada, Agujeta, Agujeta Balaj, Agujeta balajú, agujeta balao, Agulha, Balaj, Balajú, Balao, Balao halfbeak, Balao halvnæb, Balao-Halvn, Balao-halvnæb, Balaou bleu, Balaou queue noire, Balau, Blacktail ballyhoo, Blue balao, Blue tailed balao, Blue-tailed balao, Cangira, Demi bec, Demi bec balaou, Demi-Bec, Demi-bec balaou, Escribano, Escribano balao, Halbschnäbler, Half beak, Hojita, Káně černohrdlá, Marao F, Marao fósforo, Maxipombo, Meia agulha preta, Meia-agulha-preta, Mezzobecco, Panaguai, Panaguaiú, Piper, Póldziobiec balao, Poluryl, Saltón, 巴劳鱵, 巴勞 Classification: Animalia > Chordata > Actinopterygii > Beloniformes > Hemiramphidae > Hemiramphus > Hemiramphus balao. Date: 12 November 2005. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.