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Hemiramphus lati^eps Gttnther 
Hemlrhamphus latioeps GTyNTIIER, Cat. Fishes 
Brit. Mus., vol. 6, p. 267, 1866 (type 
locality: Fiji Islands). —CARMAN, Bull. 
Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 39, p. 238, 1903 
(Suva). --GT5NTHER, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 
vol. 8, pt. 16, p. 355, 1909 (types). 
Hemiramphus latioeps FOWLER, Mem. Bishop Mus., 
vol. 10, p. 77, 1928 (Fiji). 
Body suhtetrahedral; head 2-|. Triangular 
part of snout broader than long; eye large, little more 
than interorbital and not much less than postorbital; 
beak before snout tip 4 2/3 to caudal base; parietal 
part of head broader than long. 
Dorsal and anal scaleless. 
D. 15, longer than anal; A. 15; caudal deeply 
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forked, central rays long as eye; ventral base midway 
between pectoral axil and caudal base. 
Sides with well defined narrow silvery band. 
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Length 140 ram. (Glinther.) 
Fiji. 
