Scientific Name	Hemiramphus convexus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Weber & de Beaufort, 1922	Depth	0 - 10M
Chinese	黑鰭鱵	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱵科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F254　Hemiramphidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑鰭鱵
Max Length	17.6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	黑鰭飛鱵、短嘴水針、小烏(澎湖)、草螟仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago
Synonyms	Hemiramphus bruuni, Hemirhamphus convexus, Oxyporhamphus convexus, Oxyporhamphus convexus bruuni, Oxyporhamphus convexus convexus, Oxyporhamphus meristocystis, Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus
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)  Weber, M. etc. 1922 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Tibbetts, I.R., B.B. Collette, R. Isaac, etc. 2007
Specimen List	ASIZP0076071. ASIZP0076075. NTUM03562.
Common Name	Flying halfbeak
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, adults without the prolonged lower jaw characteristic of most halfbeaks, but lower jaw up to 4 times in standard length in young; anterior margin of upper jaw straight, not forming a prominent triangular anterior projection as in other halfbeaks; preorbital ridge absent. Total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 26 to 33. Dorsal fin without well-developed anterior lobe; dorsal-fin rays 12 to 15; anal-fin rays 13 to 17; pectoral fins elongate, barely reaching origin of pelvic fins, with 11 to 13 rays; pelvic fins short, distance from pelvic-fin origin to caudal-fin base contained 1.1 to 1.3 times in distance from pectoral-fin origin to pelvic-fin origin; caudal fin forked, with lower lobe much longer than upper. Fins not covered with scales; predorsal scales large, 28 to 34. Body greenish above, silvery white below; pelvic fins intensively pigmented, with exception of innermost ray.
habitats	A coastal water species, frequently found near islands.
Distribution	widespread in warmer waters from East Africa to Caroline Islands, New Guinea, New Britain and New Ireland. It is a common species in Taiwan except northern part.
Utility	Marketed fresh.