Scientific Name	Hyporhamphus intermedius   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cantor, 1842)	Depth	0 - 10M
Chinese	間下鱵	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱵科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F254　Hemiramphidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	間下鱵魚
Max Length	15.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	補網師、水針
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Fresh Water、 Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Chusan Island, China
Synonyms	Hemirhamphus intermedius, Hemirhamphus kurumeus, Hyporhamphus kurumeus, Hyporhamphus occipitalis, Hyporhamphus occipitalis, Hyporhamphus sinensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2003)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Cantor, T. E. 1842 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0078457. NMMBP04144. NMNSF01147. NTMP1299. NTUM08175.
Common Name	Garfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and compressed, with greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw slightly longer than head length; upper jaw short, triangular and scaly, its width 1.1 to 1.3 times in its length. With unicuspid teeth arranged in the anterior parts of both jaws. Preorbital ridge present; posterior branch to preorbital lateral-line canal absent. Total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 26 to 32, 7 to 11 on upper and 19 to 24 on lower limb of arch. Dorsal-fin rays 13 to 17; anal-fin rays 14 to 19; pectoral fins short, with 10 to 12 rays; caudal fin emarginate, not strongly forked. Anterior part of dorsal and anal fins covered with scales; predorsal scales 48 to 63. Vertebrae 47-54. Body greenish above, the silvery lateral stripe widening posteriorly, white ventrally; fleshy tip of beak reddish.
habitats	Enters estuaries and freshwater. Feeds on zooplankton.
Distribution	Distributed in the northwest Pacific from Honshu, Japan and the northern part of the Yellow Sea south to southern China, including Taiwan. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.