quoyi, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:35 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Port Dorey, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-1068. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:18 [ref. 22813]. •Valid as Hyporhamphus quoyi (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Collette 1974:78 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:86 [ref. 6895], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:79 [ref. 6441], Collette & Su 1986:281 [ref. 5998], Wu & Lu in Kuang et al. 1986:196 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, date as 1846, Allen & Swainston 1988:40 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:338 [ref. 12442], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:424 [ref. 25598], Kottelat et al. 1993:86 [ref. 23448], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:177 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:64 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:350 [ref. 23967], Collette 1999:2190 [ref. 24785], Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:551 [ref. 25086], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:162 [ref. 27511] dated 1775, Sakai et al. 2001:90 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:551 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:224, 549 [ref. 26218], Collette 2004:10 [ref. 27583], Paxton et al. 2006:736 [ref. 28994], Shibukawa 2009:49 [ref. 30449] in subgenus Reporhamphus, Larson et al. 2013:69 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:291 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:63 [ref. 34464], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:65 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 11 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:340 [ref. 37272], Collette 2022:368 [ref. 39718], Jamandre 2023:161 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Hyporhamphus quoyi (Valenciennes 1847). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Sri Lanka east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.