Scientific Name	Rhynchorhamphus georgii   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Valenciennes, 1847)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	喬氏吻鱵	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱵科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F254　Hemiramphidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	喬氏吻鱵
Max Length	23.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	補網師、水針
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East
Habitats	Ocean、Coral、Benthos、Estuary、 Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bombay [Mumbai] and Coromandel, India
Synonyms	Hemiramphus eclancheri, Hemiramphus georgii, Hemiramphus leucopterus, Hemiramphus russeli, Hemirhamphus cantori, Hemirhamphus georgii, Hemirhamphus marginatus, Hemirhamphus plumatus, Hyporhamphus georgi, Hyporhampus georgii, Loligorhamphus normani
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999
Specimen List	NMMBP04552. NMMBP04553. NMMBP05187. NTUM05649.
Common Name	Long-billed garfish; Long billed half beak; Longbill halfbeak
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and compressed, with greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw, its length much longer than head length; upper jaw arched, triangular, and scaly, its width shorter than its length; lower-jaw length longer than head length. Nasal papillae fimbriate. Preorbital ridge present. lateral line with 2 branches ascending behind opercle and pectoral-fin origin. Total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 47 to 67. Dorsal and anal fin rays 13 to 16; pectoral fins short with 13 to 16 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 1.25 to 1.5 times in distance from pectoral-fin origin to pelvic-fin origin; caudal fin deeply forked, with lower lobe longer than upper. Anterior part of dorsal fin and all of anal fin covered with scales; predorsal scales 36 to 45. Body greenish above, silvery white below; fleshy tip of beak red; pelvic fin white.
habitats	Inshore species.
Distribution	Distributed from Persian Gulf through Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal through the Western Central Pacific north to Taiwan and Hong Kong and east to New Guinea and northern Australia. It is found in eastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.