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Jij-po rhamphu s (Gttnther) 
Heiairhamphus acutus GUNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1871, p. 671 (type locality: Paratonga, 
Gook Islands); Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8, 
pt. 16, p, 356, 1909 (type). 
Hemiramphus acutus FOWLER, Mem. Bishop Mus., 
vol. 10, p. 75, 1928 (copied) 
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Head over 3 to caudal hase. Beak before snout 
tip little over 2 in head; triangular upper jaw rather 
longer than broad; eye 1 2/3 in postorbital, little less 
than interorbital; vertex and interorbital flat. Scales 
53; dorsal and anal scaleless. D. 13; A. 17, begins 
little before dorsal, but fins nearly subequal in length; 
caudal forked, lower lobe longer, central rays longer 
than eye; ventral base midway betv/een caudal base and 
gill opening. Sides with well defined silvery stripe. 
Length 152 mm. (Gttnther,) 
Polynesia. 
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