Hemiramphus Cuvier [G.] 1816:186 Masc. Esox brasiliensis Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1863:273 [ref. 1693]. Originally Hemi-Ramphus (correction mandatory); sometimes spelled Hemirhamphus. •Valid as Hemiramphus Cuvier 1816 -- (Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Parin et al. 1980:111 [ref. 6895], Parin & Astakhov 1982:289 [ref. 26258], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:79 [ref. 6441], Collette et al. 1984:336 [ref. 11422], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:621 [ref. 13676], Collette 1986:389 [ref. 5647], Paxton et al. 1989:337 [ref. 12442], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:208 [ref. 24550], Collette 1999:2182 [ref. 24785], Collette 2003:1136 [ref. 26981], Collette 2004:3 [ref. 27583], Tibbetts et al. 2007:812 [ref. 29438], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:34 [ref. 36649], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:104 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:41 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:78 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus Cuvier 1816. Hemiramphidae.