Scientific Name	Euleptorhamphus viridis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(van Hasselt, 1823)	Depth	1 - 40M
Chinese	長吻鱵	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱵科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F254　Hemiramphidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長吻鱵
Max Length	40.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	長鱵、補網師、水針、學仔(臺東)、飛烏蛇仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Vizagapatam [Vishakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh State, India, eastern Indian Ocean]; Java [Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]
Synonyms	Euleptorhamphus brevoortii, Euleptorhamphus longirostris, Hemiramphus longirostris, Hemiramphus macrorhynchus, Hemiramphus tweediei, Hemiramphus viridis, Hemirhamphus elongatus, Hemirhamphus longirostris, Hemirhamphus viridis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Parin, N.V. 1964 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0063601. ASIZP0802009. ASIZP0912009. FRIP20523. FRIP21652. NMMBP04424. NTUM05647. NTUM06245. USNM00277480.
Barcode	2012-01-02,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Ribbon halfbeak; Flying halfbeak; Garfish; Long-finned garfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body compressed and ribbon-shaped; with greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw; upper jaw short, triangular and scaleless. preorbital ridge absent. Nostrils in pit anterior to eyes. Posterior margin of nostril without bony ridge. No spines in fins; dorsal-fin rays 20 to 25; anal-fin rays 20 to 25; pectoral fins long, 25 to 28% of standard length; pectoral-fin rays usually 7 to 9; caudal fin deeply forked, lower lobe much longer than upper. Predorsal scales 48 to 72. Body dark bluish above, silvery white below, without spots or vertical bars on sides; beak dark with a bright red fleshy tip.
habitats	Usually oceanic but enters large open bays. Found around islands. Capable of jumping out of the water and gliding above the surface.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Australia, New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.