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Genus H yporhamphus Gill 
Hyporhamphus GILL, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Philadelphia, 1859, p. 131. (Type Hyporhamphus 
tricuspidatus GILL, monotypic). 
Eulepidorhamphus FOWLER, Proc. Adad. Nat. Sci. 
Philadelphia, 1919, p. 7. (Type Hemiramphus 
sajjori 3CHLEGEL, orthotypic.) 
Body elongate, but moderately compressed, sides 
swollen more or less convex, not flattened. Young with 
lower jaw short, long and beak like with age. Teeth 
feeble, mostly tricuspid. Air bladder large, simple, 
not cellular. Dorsal and anal alike opposite, not , 
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modified in male, last dorsal ray usually short. Caudal 
mostly forked, lower lobe longer. Ventral small, 
inserted well forward, nearly midway between opercle 
and caudal base. 
Numerous species in all warm seas, living 
in large schools usually not far from shore. Food 
largely green algae. 
