Scientific Name	Hemiramphus lutkei   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Valenciennes, 1847	Depth	0 - 30M
Chinese	南洋鱵	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱵科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F254　Hemiramphidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	無斑鱵
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	補網師、水針、長尾針(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Borou (Indonesia)
Synonyms	Hemiramphus fasciatus, Hemiramphus japonicus, Hemiramphus lukei, Hemiramphus marginatus
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)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059751. ASIZP0060968. ASIZP0072234. ASIZP0804996. ASIZP0900011. ASIZP0900012. ASIZP0914996. FRIP21134. NMMBP04518. NMMSTP00642. NTMP0725. NTUM05651. NTUM06265.
Barcode	2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,%
Common Name	Lutke's halfbeak; Lutke's half-beak
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and compressed, with greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw; upper jaw short, triangular and scaleless; preorbital ridge absent. Total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 33 to 46; 9 to 14 on upper, and 24 to 32 on lower limb of arch. Dorsal-fin rays 12 to 15; anal-fin rays 10 to 13; pectoral fins long, reaching beyond anterior margin of nasal pit when folded forward and contained 4.8 to 5.4 times in standard length, with 10 to 12 rays; caudal fin deeply forked, lower lobe much longer than upper. Predorsal scales 35 to 43. Body dark bluish above, silvery white below, with no spots or vertical bars on sides; beak dark with a bright red fleshy tip; upper lobe of caudal fin bluish.
habitats	Found more offshore than other species of Hemiramphus in the area; juveniles and immature individuals are relatively common far from shore, usually among floating plants.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Indonesia, Philippines, and New Guinea; north to southern Japan, and east to Marcus Islands, the Gilbert Islands, and Samoa. It is common in waters around Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed fresh and dried salted.