310 Flat Bill fish, Half beak 



Color: Back blue; sides silver; belly white. 



Distribution: A West Indian species sometimes straying 



north as far as Massachusetts. 



Size: Reaches a length of AVi feet. 



General Information: Rare north of the West Indies. 



Economic Importance: None. 



Flat Biimsh 

 Ablennes hians (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Color: Back green; sides and belly silvery. 



Distribution: Found . in tropical seas. In the American 



Atlantic it occurs from Brazil to Chesapeake Bay and, 



rarely, to the north as far as Cape Cod. 



Size: Reaches a length of 4 feet. 



General Information: Spawns in spring. Feeds on small fish. 



Economic Importance: None. 



Halfbeak 

 Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani) 



Color: Green above with three dark streaks running along 



the middle of the back; silvery on sides and belly. A darker 



silver horizontal band on each side. Tip of lower jaw 



crimson. 



Distribution: It occurs on both coasts of the Americas and 



in the Gulf of Mexico. On the American Atlantic coast it 



ranges from Brazil to Cape Cod and as a straggler to 



Maine. This fish is most abundant south of Chesapeake 



Bay. 



Size: Reaches a length of about one foot. 



