Scientific Name	Zenarchopterus buffonis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1847)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	蟾異鱗鱵	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱵科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F254　Hemiramphidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	蟾異鱗鱵
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	異鰭鱵、補網師、水針
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Fresh Water、 Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Pulo-Pinan
Synonyms	Hemiramphus buffonis, Hemirhamphus buffonis, Zenarchopterus buffoni
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kottelat, M. etc. 1999
Specimen List	NMNSF00120.
Common Name	Buffon's halfbeak; Buffonis halfbeak; Buffon's river-garfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and compressed, with greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw; upper jaw short, triangular, and scaly, its width slightly shorter than its length; lower-jaw length longer than head length. Fleshy protrusion of nostril long. Total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 14 to 19. Dorsal fin rays 11 or 12; anal fin rays 10 to 13; mature males with 4th-5th dorsal ray filamentous and 6th-7th anal ray enlarged, fan-like; pectoral fins short with 10 or 11 rays; pelvic fins located closer to caudal-fin base than to origin of pectoral fins; distance from pelvic-fin origin to caudal-fin base contained 1.5 times in distance from pectoral-fin origin to pelvic-fin origin; caudal fin truncate. Predorsal scales 27 to 33. Body greenish above, silvery white below; upper jaw with a brown stripe on the middle of dorsal part; fleshy tip of beak black.
habitats	Found at the surface levels in coastal waters, estuaries and rivers. Feeds on terrestrial insects.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from India, Malay Peninsula, East Indies, Philippines, Hainan Island in China, Taiwan, New Guinea to northern Australia. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is., weastern part.
Utility	Not seen in markets.