Scientific Name
Hemiramphus saltator
Common Name
Longfin halfbeak
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12-15;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 11 - 13;
Vertebrae: 54 - 58. Body elongate; lower jaw very prolonged; upper jaw short, triangular, and without scales; lower branch of first gill arch with 26 to 32 gill rakers; fins lacking spines; pectoral fins long; caudal fin deeply forked, the lower lobe longer than the upper; anal fin with 10 to 13 rays; back dark blue; flanks and belly silvery white; edge of lower jaw red; upper lobe of caudal fin violet blue, its tip red (Ref. 55763). Branchiostegal rays: 13-15 (Ref. 36576).