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D. 12 , 1 or I, 13, 1 ^ eighth ray 1 3/4 to 2 in head 
from snout tip; A, J or II, 10, ^ to I, 14, ^ first branched ray 
to 2 S/Sj least caudal pedvincle 3 3/4 to 4j P. I^ 9, fin 1 l/3 to 
1 4/5 to ventral or 3^ to 4 l/s in space from snout tip to caudal base; 
ventral 1 2/3 to 2 in head from snout tip* 
Back brown, sides and below silvery white. Broad gray blue 
leaden shade or sheen from shoulder to caudal base medially. Iris 
silvery white. Yo\mg with beak black. Dorsal whitish, dusky above 
anteriorly and posteriorly above black. Caudal dark brown, whitish 
in young. Anal white, posteriorly black, latter area often more 
extensive in young. Pectoral whitish, terminally dusky to dark brown. 
Ventral whitish, hind tips blackish. 
India, East Indies, Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii, 
Revillagigedos, There is little doubt but that the crude figure and 
description by Valenciennes for his Hemiramphus cuspidatus is based on 
a young example of the present species. His specimens were a little over 
100 mm. The ffjss are given as "D. 18; A. 12, etc." The young specimens 
from Timor and between Gibe and Pau described and figured by Weber as 
a species of Hemiramphus in 1913 and later named Hemiramphus convexus 
by Weber and Beaufort appear to be synonymous with the present species. 
