Scientific Name	Hyporhamphus gernaerti   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Valenciennes, 1847)	Depth	0 - 10M
Chinese	簡氏下鱵	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱵科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F254　Hemiramphidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	簡氏下鱵魚
Max Length	16.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	補網師、水針
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Fresh Water、 Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	China; Macao
Synonyms	Hemiramphus gernaerti, Hemiramphus intermedius, Hemirhamphus peitaihoensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2003)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kuo, S.-R. etc. 1999
Specimen List	USNM00177434.
Common Name	Gernaert's halfbeak; Gernaert's garfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and compressed, with greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw, about equal to head length; upper jaw short, triangular and scaly, its width longer than its length. Long recurved unicuspid teeth arranged in only 1-2 rows 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 29 to 35. Dorsal-fin rays 13 to 15; anal-fin rays 14 to 17; pectoral fins short, with 11 or 12 rays; caudal fin emarginate, not strongly forked. Anterior part of dorsal and anal fins covered with scales; predorsal scales 35 to 40. Vertebrae 51-53. Body greenish above, the silvery lateral stripe widening posteriorly, white ventrally; fleshy tip of beak reddish.
habitats	A coastal water species.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: restricted to the temperate zone in coastal waters of continental China (from Peitaho in Liaotung Bay to Hong Kong), Taiwan, and Korea. It is found in western and northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.