to be flavoursome and it is marketed both in fresh form and dried. Etymology Hemiramphus far was described in 1775 by the Swedish zoologist Peter Forsskål as Esox far but the generic name Hemiramphus which is from the Greek hemi meaning "half" and rhamphos meaning "a bill" or "a peak" was coined by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. References External links far Fish described in 1775 Taxa named by Peter Forsskål