commersonii, Hemiramphus Cuvier [G.] 1829:286 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Indian Ocean; Indonesia. No types known. Valenciennes specimens: MNHN 0000-4584 (1) Mauritius, B-1054 (2) Red Sea, B-1056 (3) Red Sea, B-1055 (1) Zanzibar. Available from footnote as, "H. commersonii, N., Lacép., V, vii, 3, ou le demi-bec de Baggewaal, Renard., IIe part, pl. v, no. 21." Paepke & Seegers 1986:144 credit to Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846 with syntypes at ZMB. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:119 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette 1974:38 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:133 [ref. 6895] as commersoni, Dor 1984:61 [ref. 29757], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:621 [ref. 13676], Collette & SU 1986:254 [ref. 5998] as commersoni, Collette 1986:389 [ref. 5647] as commersoni, Fricke 1999:118 [ref. 24106], Collette 1999:2187 [ref. 24785], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:41 [ref. 36273]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.