georgii, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:37, Pl. 555 [not 521] [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Mumbai and Coromandel, India. Lectotype: MNHN B-1062. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-1061 (1). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:16 [ref. 22813] wrongly with a holotype and paratype. Lectotype selected by Kottelat 2013:292 [ref. 32989] and declared a nomen protectum. •Valid as Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Collette 1974:90 [ref. 12930], Collette 1976:90 [ref. 7107], Parin et al. 1980:108 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:287 [ref. 5998], Wu & Lu in Kuang et al. 1986:192 [ref. 26639] dated 1846, Paxton et al. 1989:339 [ref. 12442], Coad 1991:25 [ref. 15702], Wu & Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:332 [ref. 23876], Randall 1995:89 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:131 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:25 [ref. 26476] dated 1846, Collette 1999:2196 [ref. 24785], Mishra et al. 1999:84 [ref. 25315], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Collette 2004:13 [ref. 27583], Paxton et al. 2006:738 [ref. 28994], Coad 2010:240 [ref. 36620], Larson et al. 2013:69 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:292 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:39 [ref. 33932], Ali et al. 2018:315 [ref. 36183], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2018:65 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:24 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 11 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:340 [ref. 37272], Collette 2022:371 [ref. 39718], Jamandre 2023:161 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes 1847). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.